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Nine Reasons Why Older Adults Are More Likely to Suffer From Adverse Drug Reactions

1. Smaller bodies and different body composition
2. Decreased ability of the liver to process drugs
3. Decreased ability of the kidneys to clear drugs from the body
4. Increased sensitivity to many drugs
5. Decreased blood-pressure-maintaining drugs
6. More disease which affects the response to drugs
7. More drugs and, therefore, more adverse drug reactions and interactions
8. Inadequate testing of drugs in older adults before approval