Inappropriate prescribing for the elderly: Beers criteria-based review

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-346

  Aparasu, Rajender R ^a   Mort, Jane R ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Geriatrics; Inappropriate; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CIMETIDINE; CYCLANDELATE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLURAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDOMETACIN; MEPROBAMATE; METHOCARBAMOL; METHYLDOPA; OXAZEPAM; PENTAZOCINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PROPRANOLOL; RANITIDINE; RESERPINE; SECOBARBITAL; THIORIDAZINE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034055733     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.19006     Document Type: Review

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