2006-09-05 06:58:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The elderly person is at greater risk as their liver does not function as well as it once did. The majority of medications are metabolised in the liver, their livers do not metabolise medications as quickly as it once did hence the need to reduce the dosage accordingly to reduce the level of side effects.
2006-09-05 07:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not share the same reason for that condition.
For the children, they have reduced body mass and increased metabolism: They react faster to drugs and react to smaller doses, so an adult dose has a much greater effect.
For the elderly, they metabolise slower than younger adults, the drugs stay in their system longer before being filtered out by the liver and their organs are worn out, unable to resist chemical changes as well as others.
2006-09-05 07:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by AbdulShaza 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
childrens immune systems are immature and not fully function partlt due to not being as exposed as adults and the elderly there bodys start to wear out basically and this also lowers the immune system making it easier to become ill or affected by the side affects of medication
2006-09-05 07:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by sharrifarri 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-01 08:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of their immune systems. Children and the elderly are more prone to illness.
2006-09-05 07:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by shirley e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
childrens immune system are not fully formed yet, and the immune systems of the elderly are a bit overused!
2006-09-05 07:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by fifs_c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say cause children imunsistom has not developed all the way and the elderly's is decressing with age maybe
2006-09-05 07:03:39 · answer #7 · answered by from_the_heart_1210 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their immune systems aren't in tip top condition!
2006-09-05 07:02:42 · answer #8 · answered by this_is_ska_wars 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They typically have weaker immune systems that cannot fight symptoms and problems effectively.
2006-09-05 07:01:33 · answer #9 · answered by GoodJob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't read the little letters of the warnings
2006-09-05 07:26:06 · answer #10 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋