Geriatric drug

Under geriatric (plural geriatrics ) refers to drugs which serve to increase the physical and mental capacity of the elderly. They should have a substituting , promoting or stimulating effect.

These include multivitamin preparations, enzymes , lipotropic substances , sex hormones , anabolic steroids or vascular sealing agents, as well as agents in the context of non-specific irritant body therapy.

The Red List performs under the heading geriatrics preparations with the following agents to:

• Phytopharmaceuticals such as ginseng , garlic , hawthorn or mistletoe
• Vitamins like retinol , tocopherol , ascorbic acid and others
• Minerals like magnesium and iron
• Metabolites such as lecithin , glutamic acid , orotic acid or dimethylaminoethanol (Deanol)
• Organ extracts from thymus ; Ribonucleic acids
• Procaine
• Homeopathics

Some of the fabrics are offered in different combinations. Their effectiveness is controversial or refuted.

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• Red List 2006, ISBN 3-939192-00-7
• Roche Lexicon Medicine, keyword "Geriatrics" online

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