Community prevalence of alcohol use and concomitant use of medication - A source of possible risk in the elderly aged 75 and older?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 680-685

  Aira, Marja ^a,b   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^b,c   Sulkava, Raimo ^b  

^a Inner Savo Health Centre   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Municipal Hospitals of Kuopio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol medication interactions; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 23644446652     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1340     Document Type: Article

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