Commentary on the new American geriatric society beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Marcum, Zachary A ^a,b,c   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZATROPINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9 COMPLEX; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLANDELATE; DIPHENOXYLATE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXAZOSIN; FENTANYL; GUANABENZ; GUANADREL; GUANETHIDINE; GUANFACINE; ISOXSUPRINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; METHYLDOPA; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PRAZOSIN; RESERPINE; TERAZOSIN; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAMTERENE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GASTROENTERITIS; GOUT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONOTHERAPY; NOTE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84859548283     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: 18767761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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