The frequency of prescription of immediate-release nifedipine for elderly patients in Germany: Utilization analysis of a sub - Stance on the PRISCUS list of potentially inappropriate medications;Verordnungshäufigkeit von nichtretardiertem Nifedipin bei älteren Menschen: Betrachtung eines Wirkstoffes der PRISCUS-Liste

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 215-219

  Schubert, Ingrid ^a   Hein, Rebecca ^a   Abbas, Sascha ^a   Thürmann, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; IMMEDIATE DRUG RELEASE; IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION;

EID: 84903362039     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0215     Document Type: Article

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