the branch of pharmacology dealing with issues in older adults that relate to psychoactive agents as well as mechanisms responsible for it. Metabolic changes can effect how medicine works.
GERIATRIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: "Geriatric psychopharmacology deals with the effects of aging on medications."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "GERIATRIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/geriatric-psychopharmacology/ (accessed March 22, 2023).