Pattern of drugs prescribed for community-residing middle-aged and older adults from the outskirts of Brasília

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-277

  Nóbrega, Otávio De Tolêdo ^a   Melo, Gislane Ferreira ^a   Karnikowski, Margô Gomes De Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Elderly; Middle aged adults; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARISOPRODOL; CINANSERIN; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; METFORMIN; METHYLDOPA; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL;

EID: 26244466976     PISSN: 15169332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-93322005000200016     Document Type: Article

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