Portland Observer, November 3 ,1962 Page 3
As the election returns filtered in, the
Street Beet team asked, “ H ow do you
by Lenita Duke and Richard Brown
feel about the outcome o f the elections?”
Karl Albarding
Unemployed
Joe Wright
Meat Cutter
Open House at Yaun House brought meny com
munity members to visit. Above are Judy Stanan-
cuk. Referee at Juvenile Court, end her deughter
Kate; Paul Backus. Director of Yaun House; Wil
liam Jennings, volunteer; and Mr. and Mrs. Bust,
volunteers.
(Photo: Richard Brown)
1 was p leased. H o w e v e r, I
w anted to see m ore D em ocrats
make it in to o ffic e . A n d I w ould
have liked to see the b o ttle and
can b ill pass in W a s h in g to n
State.
I ’ m a Dem ocrat and I wanted
Ted K u longoski. He w ould have
made a difference and I fe lt the
sta te needed a ch an ge . We
should have given him a chance.
E v e ry th in g else I w a n te d
passed. I d id n ’ t w a n t to pum p
m y own gas.
Hardie Davis
Maintenance
I heard on the ra d io that #51
flu n k e d to m y d is m a y . T he
p o w e r s tru c tu re needs checks
and balances. W ith o u t it people
in p o w e r have a free hand fo r
abuse. Pow er lies w ith the peo
ple and th a t’ s w here it sh ou ld
stay.
Elderly misuse prescribed drugs
‘ ‘ M a n y tim e s , signs and s y m p
to m s o f adverse d ru g r é a c t io n s -
c o n fu s io n ,
weakness
and
letha rg y— are m istakenly a ttrib u te d
to s e n ility o r disease,” S im o n so n
p o in ts o u t in a recent p a p e r,
"D ru g s : pharm acology, adm in istra
tio n , to x ic ity and n u rs in g im p lic a
tio n s ." It is a chapter o f a new book
in the n a tio n a l N u rse s’ R eference
L ib ra ry series.
“ I f the adverse re a c tio n is n ’ t
id e n tifie d , the patient may continue
to receive the drug. A n d he may re
ceive unnecessary a d d itio n a l m ed i
cation to treat com plications caused
by the o rig in a l d r u g ,” S im o n so n
warned.
“ A lth o u g h any m e d ic a tio n can
cause adverse re a c tio n s , m ost
serious adverse re a c tio n s in the el
d e rly arc caused by re la tiv e ly few
m e d ic a tio n s ,” S im o n so n w ro te .
"T h o se caring fo r the elderly should
be p a r tic u la rly aw are o f to x ic itie s
resulting fro m d iuretics (used to re
m ove excess b o d y flu id s ) d ig o x in
(h e a rt m e d ic in e ), c o rtic o s te rio d s
( f o r a r th r itis and o th e r diseases),
sleep m edications and nonprescrip
tio n drugs (a s p irin s , la xa tive s, c a
th a rtic s )."
W hy d o a p p ro x im a te ly one th ird
o f a ll the e ld e rly fa il to take th e ir
medicines as prescribed?
“ A n age-related decline in sigh t
and hearing is a m a jo r reason,” ac
cording to Sim onson, w ho has done
research on the subject.
“ F or exam ple, an e ld erly p a tie n t
w ith im paired vision may have d if f i
c u lty re a d in g p re s c rib e d in s tru c
tions. W ith hearing loss, the patient
may not understand verbal in s tru c
tio n s . A ls o , p h y s ic a l d is a b ilitie s ,
such as those produced by a rth ritis ,
The older you get, the more m edi
c a tio n s yo u need b u , e ld e rly p e r
sons have special needs and p ro b
lems a lso re la tin g to ta k in g th e ir
m edicines p ro p e rly, says an Oregon
JState U n iv e rs ity p ha rm acy p ro fe s
sor w ho is a n a tio n a l a u th o rity on
.drug therapy in the elderly.
" A b o u t one th ir d o f the e ld e rly
'f a il to take th e ir medicines p ro p e r
ly , " it was noted.
‘
" M e d ic a tio n c o n s u m p tio n in
creases d ra m a tic a lly w ith a g e ,”
P ro f. W illia m Simonson points out.
" I n the U nited States, fo r example,
a m an betw een ages 25 and 44 re
ceives 3.4 new o r r e fill p re scrip tio n
m edications annually, and a woman
. o f the same age group, 7.3.
;
" M e n and w om en aged 65 and
over receive 11.2 and 14.3 new or re
f i l l p re s c rip tio n s re s p e c tiv e ly . In
■ fact, the elderly (over 65) in the U.S.
make up about 11.3 per cent o f the
pop ulatio n , but purchase 25 percent
o f all prescription and non-prescrip-
tion drugs so ld .”
In s titu tio n a liz e d eld erly patients
; (hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) take
. between fo u r and seven d iffe r e n t
m edicines at the same tim e on the
average. E ld e rly o u tp a tie n ts (at
home) usually take between tw o and
fo u r d iffe re n t m edications.
A lth o u g h m ed icin es fre q u e n tly
cure o r manage disease in the elder
ly , they may also cause adverse ef-
' fects ra n g in g fro m m in o r d is c o m
fo r t to to ta l d e b ilita tio n and even
death. Simonson observed. Adverse
d ru g re a ctio n s are c o m m o n and
those ca ring fo r the e ld erly need to
be m in d fu l th a t dru gs in c o m b in a
t io n have the p o te n tia l fo r serious
problem s i f not p ro pe rtly prescribed
(
and adm inistered, he added.
may hinder old people fro m opening
‘ c h ild p r o o f ’ m e d ic a tio n c o n ta in
ers.”
O ld e r persons on fix e d incom es
and in a fin a n c ia l p in ch may tr y to
m ake m e d ic a tio n s last lo n g e r by
skipp ing some doses, the pharm acy
leader said. "T h e im portance o f fo l
lo w in g the d o c to r ’ s orders e xa ctly
needs to be stressed c o n tin u a lly .”
Some m edications have to be ta k
en w ith m eals, to o , so i f meals are
s k ip p e d , doses m ay be m issed,
Simonson pointed out.
‘ ‘ P ro p e r n u rs in g care can h e lp
manage, reduce o r overcom e m any
m edicine problem s in the e ld e rly ,”
he concluded.
Sim onson was appointed last year
to the n a tio n a l a d v is o ry p an el on
g e ria tric s by the U .S . P h a rm a -
co pe ia l C o n v e n tio n and a b o o k he
has w ritte n on drugs and the elderly
w ill be published in early 1983.
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I w ish the D em ocrats w o u ld
have g o tte n m o re seats in the
Senate. I ’ m glad B allot Measure
3 fa ile d because it w o u ld have
h urt the state in the long run. I f
it passed we w ould have to go to
s o m e th in g lik e a sales ta x . I
d id n ’ t w ant to see that.
They turned o u t the way I ex
pected. I ’ m a school bus d riv e r
a nd i f 3 had passed m y jo b
w ould have been gone.”
Grand
k Opening
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Lester Johnson
Truck Driver
I ’ m s a tis fie d w ith th e o u t
come. M ost o f the winners I had
v o te d f o r . T he o n ly ite m th a t
was a d is a p p o in tm e n t was the
race fo r G o verno r. I wanted to
see someone else in o ffic e .
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