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Potentially Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly According to the Revised Beers Criteria
Posted in Drug Companies and Drugs, Senior Health by admin
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| The list of drugs below is a summary of information from the following report in Archives of Internal Medicine:Fick DM, Cooper JW, Wade WE, Waller JL, Maclean JR, Beers MH. Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consensus panel of experts. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2716-2724. [ Link ]
Click on the name of each medication or medication class for detailed information from MEDLINEplus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine. |
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| A | I |
| alprazolam (Xanax) | indomethacin (Indocin, Indocin SR) |
| amiodarone (Cordarone) | isoxsuprine (Vasodilan) |
| amitriptyline (Elavil) | K |
| amphetamines | ketorolac (Toradol) |
| anorexic agents | L |
| B | lorazepam (Ativan) |
| barbiturates | M |
| belladonna alkaloids (Donnatal) | meperidine (Demerol) |
| bisacodyl (Dulcolax) | meprobamate (Miltown, Equanil) |
| C | mesoridazine (Serintil) |
| carisoprodol (Soma) | metaxalone (Skelaxin) |
| cascara sagrada | methocarbamol (Robaxin) |
| chlordiazepoxide (Librium, Mitran) | methyldopa (Aldomet) |
| chlordiazepoxide-amitriptyline (Limbitrol) | methyldopa-hydrochlorothiazide (Aldoril) |
| chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton) | methyltestosterone (Android, Virilon, Testrad) |
| chlorpropamide (Diabinese) | mineral oil |
| chlorzoxazone (Paraflex) | N |
| cimetidine (Tagamet) | naproxen (Naprosyn, Avaprox, Aleve) |
| clidinium-chlordiazepoxide (Librax) | Neoloid |
| clonidine (Catapres) | nifedipine (Procardia, Adalat) |
| clorazepate (Tranxene) | nitrofurantoin (Microdantin) |
| cyclandelate (Cyclospasmol) | O |
| cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) | orphenadrine (Norflex) |
| cyproheptadine (Periactin) | oxaprozin (Daypro) |
| D | oxazepam (Serax) |
| dessicated thyroid | oxybutynin (Ditropan) |
| dexchlorpheniramine (Polaramine) | P |
| diazepam (Valium) | pentazocine (Talwin) |
| dicyclomine (Bentyl) | perphenazine-amitriptyline (Triavil) |
| digoxin (Lanoxin) | piroxicam (Feldene) |
| diphenhydramine (Benadryl) | promethazine (Phenergan) |
| dipyridamole (Persantine) | propantheline (Pro-Banthine) |
| disopyramide (Norpace, Norpace CR) | propoxyphene (Darvon) and combination products |
| doxazosin (Cardura) | Q |
| doxepin (Sinequan) | quazepam (Doral) |
| E | R |
| ergot mesyloids (Hydergine) | reserpine (Serpalan, Serpasil) |
| estrogens | T |
| ethacrynic acid (Edecrin) | temazepam (Restoril) |
| F | thioridazine (Mellaril) |
| ferrous sulfate (iron) | ticlopidine (Ticlid) |
| fluoxetine (Prozac) | triazolam (Halcion) |
| flurazepam (Dalmane) | trimethobenzamide (Tigan) |
| G | tripelennamine |
| guanadrel (Hylorel) | |
| guanethidine (Ismelin) | [ End of list. ] |
| H | |
| halazepam (Paxipam) | |
| hydroxyzine (Vistaril, Atarax) | |
| hyoscyamine (Levsin, Levsinex) | |
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