Potential for alcohol and prescription drug interactions in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1930-1936

  Pringle, Kristine E ^a,d   Ahern, Frank M ^b   Heller, Debra A ^a,b   Gold, Carol H ^b   Brown, Theresa V ^c  

^a First Health Services Corporation/Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Department of Aging   (United States)

^d First Health Services Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol drug interactions; Concomitant use of alcohol and prescription drugs; Elderly; Prescription drug use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COAGULATING AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PENNSYLVANIA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244489495     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00474.x     Document Type: Review

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