Maybe It's Your Medications

“There is a serious medication problem in America. It is marked not only by excessive use of medications, but by errors in how they are prescribed, monitored, and taken. An estimated nineteen million adults age sixty-five and older take five or more medications daily. These individuals and family caregivers know the frustrations of lengthy medication lists, high drug costs, and frequent questions about the need and value of those medications. All too often, an unrecognized adverse drug effect is mistaken for a new medical condition, or worse, a symptom of getting older. But who stops to question the medications? Maybe It’s Your Medications by professional pharmacist Dr. Hedva Barenholtz Levey tackles these problems by providing information, insider tips, and strategies that empower patients and caregivers to have important conversations about their prescription and nonprescription drugs. Maybe It’s Your Medications deftly addresses the questions consumers want to ask about their medications and brings to light other questions they should be asking but may not know how. It is everyone’s go-to guide on how to use medications safely on the journey to healthy aging… . Impressively comprehensive, organized, and presented, Maybe It’s Your Medications is thoroughly ‘user friendly,‘ informative, and recommended for personal, professional, community, health clinic, college, and university library Health/Medicine collections and supplemental Pharmacy curriculum studies lists.” —MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW  

Dr. Hedva Barenholtz Levy, PharmD, is founder of a community-based senior care pharmacy practice. A geriatric pharmacy specialist and educator, Dr. Levy has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters focusing on optimizing drug therapy in older adults. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and resides in St. Louis.