Alcohol and prescription drug interactions among aging adults

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 635-641

  Pringle, Kristine E ^a   Ahern, Frank M ^b   Heller, Debra A ^a  

^a First Health Services Corporation   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DISULFIRAM; ERYTHROMYCIN; HORMONE; KETOCONAZOLE; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH EMPTYING; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33846045554     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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