Polypharmacy of potentially addictive medication in the older persons-quantifying usage

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Ineke Neutel, C ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^b,c   Berg, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

BZD; Elderly population; Narcotics; Polypharmacy; Quantifying medication usage; Restricted medications; Z hypnotics

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; CLONAZEPAM; COCODAMOL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; KETOBEMIDONE; MORPHINE; NITRAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION USAGE INDEX; NORWAY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYPHARMACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84856250620     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2214     Document Type: Article

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