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Older Adults Think Their Medicines Cause Symptoms but Often Don't Tell Their Doctors

This research fact sheet describes the key results of a survey among Medicare enrollees about the types of symptoms they experienced, how often they thought these were caused by their medicines, and whether they told their doctor about the symptoms.

VIew the abstract of the article that was the source of this fact sheet: Oladimeji O, Farris KB,Urmie JG,Doucette WR. Symptomatology, attribution to medicines, and symptom reporting among Medicare enrollees. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2009 Sep;5(3):225-33. Epub 2009 Jan 21. PMID: 19733823.

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Internet Citation: Older Adults Think Their Medicines Cause Symptoms but Often Don't Tell Their Doctors. Content last reviewed April 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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