Abstract
Safety of medication for pediatrics, geriatrics, pregnant, and lactating women is different than for other adults due to many factors, such as changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The majority of marketed drugs remain understudied in some patient populations, such as pregnant women, pediatric, and geriatric patients. As a consequence, currently used dosing regimens may not assure optimal efficacy or minimal toxicity in these patients. This chapter aims to discuss the medication safety issues among geriatric patients, pediatric patients, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, such as drug-related problems, medication errors, medications abuse/misuse, counterfeit medication, and self-medication, as well as provide recommendations to improve the medication safety practices among this population. Collaboration between the health care professionals and patients, good quality prescribing, good dispensing and counseling and pharmacovigilance are key to improving the safety of medications among geriatric patients, pediatric patients, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
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