Prevalence of potentially harmful drug interactions in older people in Australian aged-care facilities

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-36

  Dolton, Michael J ^a   Pont, Lisa ^a   Stevens, Gerard ^c   McLachlan, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUOXETINE; FUROSEMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; METHOTREXATE; MICONAZOLE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE; QUINIDINE; SELEGILINE; SOTALOL; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; THIORIDAZINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG SAFETY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84859635925     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2012.tb00128.x     Document Type: Article

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