TY - JOUR T1 - Survey of remedies held and dispensed in residential homes for the elderly JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 412 LP - 413 VL - 37 IS - 302 AU - Peter B. Weedle AU - Jeffrey W. Poston AU - Peter A. Parish Y1 - 1987/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/37/302/412.abstract N2 - From a survey of drug use in 55 residential homes for the elderly it was found that a total of 365 medicines comprising 114 different products were held and dispensed by the homes. Of these 43 (12%) were prescription-only medicines. The most frequently held therapeutic groups were analgesics (23% of all remedies held), laxatives (22%) and antacids (14%). It is recommended that a formulary of remedies held and dispensed in residential homes should be introduced in order to rationalize their use. ER -