Psychotropic Drug Use and the Risk of Hip Fracture

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 363-369

  Ray, Wayne A ^a,b,c   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b,c   Schaffner, William ^a,b,c   Baugh, David K ^a,b,c   Melton, L joseph ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Pharmacoepidemiology   (United States)

^b University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PERPHENAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; BONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG THERAPY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RISK; THERAPY;

EID: 0023093943     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198702123160702     Document Type: Article

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