Drug-related problems in the elders of the British Virgin Islands

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-59

  Titley Lake, Carla ^a   Barber, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of the Practice of Pharmacy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRISERIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLOPAMIDE; DIHYDROERGOCRISTINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCONATE POTASSIUM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS LISINOPRIL; INDOMETACIN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; RESERPINE; SULFONYLUREA; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DROWSINESS; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; OTALGIA; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; VERTIGO; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH); XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0034092913     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2000.tb00986.x     Document Type: Article

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