Lithium Use in Older Adults is Associated with Increased Prescribing of Parkinson Medications

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 301-309

  Marras, Connie ^a,b   Herrmann, Nathan ^b,c   Fischer, Hadas D ^d   Fung, Kinwah ^d,f   Gruneir, Andrea ^b,d,e,f   Rochon, Paula A ^b,d,f   Rej, Soham ^b,c   Vigod, Simone ^d,f   Seitz, Dallas ^g   Shulman, Kenneth I ^b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; dopaminergic medication; lithium; treatment; tremor

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84964269944     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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