Current Brazilian law does not provide appropriate legislation governing waste resulting from unused medication, which presents a growing public health threat. Studies that have considered these issues are incomplete, classifying unused medication as a remnant of healthcare and ignoring the user, who has the largest role in generating this type of waste. Users do not possess sufficient knowledg...

With an ageing population, safe medication use in older people is becoming even more important. Older people are widely acknowledged to be at higher risk of medication-related problems, and it may be argued that those with chronic renal disease are particularly at risk, as many medications require dose reduction or should be avoided completely in these cases. Jones and Bhandari report the preva...