Prescription drug misuse/abuse in the elderly

Geriatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Culberson, John W ^a   Ziska, Martin ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Benzodiazepine; Elderly; Misuse; Opiates; Prescription; Skeletal muscle relaxants

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DIAZEPAM; ESZOPICLONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; METAXALONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; RAMELTEON; TEMAZEPAM; ZOLPIDEM;

ABNORMAL THINKING; AGED; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELDERLY CARE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MYDRIASIS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REBOUND; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA; ADDICTION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 53449086321     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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