The role of medication use and health on the decision to quit drinking among older adults

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-851

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

^a First Health Services Corporation/PA PACE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Department of Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol interactive drugs; Drinking cessation; Health; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750698626     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264306293583     Document Type: Article

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