Factors associated with use of medications with potential to impair cognition or cholinesterase inhibitors among Alzheimer's disease patients

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 314-321

  Huey, Edward D ^a   Taylor, Joy L ^b,c   Luu, Pauline ^b   Oehlert, John ^b   Tinklenberg, Jared R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sierra Pacific MIRECC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Beers criteria; cholinesterase inhibitors; inappropriate medications; receiver operating characteristic analysis; signal detection

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMITRIPTYLINE PLUS PERPHENAZINE; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; CHLORZOXAZONE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICYCLOVERINE; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS METHYLDOPA; HYOSCYAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LEVSINEX; LIMBITROL; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; METAXALONE; MULTIVITAMIN; OXAZEPAM; OXYBUTYNIN; PENTAZOCINE; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; RESERPINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33749664344     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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