Impact of drug interactions, dosage, and duration of therapy on the risk of hip fracture associated with benzodiazepine use in older adults

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1248-1255

  Zint, Kristina ^a,b   Haefeli, Walter E ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^b   Mogun, Helen ^b   Avorn, Jerry ^b   Stürmer, Til ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Benzodiazepines; Case control studies; Drug interactions; Hip fractures; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; ESZOPICLONE; FLURAZEPAM; HALAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; QUAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649526423     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2031     Document Type: Article

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