Nearly 90% of adults over 65 take at least one medication regularly, and many also rely on over-the-counter pain relievers, allergy medicines, sleep aids, and heartburn remedies. While these products don’t require a prescription, they aren’t automatically harmless. As we age, changes in kidney function, liver function, metabolism, and balance make some common over-the-counter (OTC) medicines far more likely to cause side effects or dangerous drug interactions than they did decades earlier. A medication you’ve safely used for years could affect you very differently today.
Some habits could put you at a bigger risk than others. That being said, here are some of the most common things seniors do that could make your medication unsafe later in life
