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 Inappropriate medication prescribing is a significant problem in geriatrics and should be evaluated in each and every medical encounter.

 The presence of multiple medications in older patients is associated with higher risk for frailty, disability, mortality, and falls.

 In the geriatric population, responses to medications can be very variable and not always predictable at the time of medication prescription.

 An elderly patient’s protein status must be taken into account when assessing medication efficacy or toxicity.

 Prescribers must always consider new symptom complaints in an older patient as a potential medication reaction, even if atypical.

 Many resources and tools are available to guide appropriate medication prescribing in the older adult, and prescribers should use them regularly.