Polypharmacy in the elderly - A literature review

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 98-106

  Veehof, L J G ^a   Meyboom De Jong, B ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Polypharmacy; Review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RANITIDINE; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033797212     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780009069956     Document Type: Review

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