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Potentially
Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly According to the Revised Beers
Criteria
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.
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Click on the name of each
medication or medication class for detailed information from MEDLINEplus ,
a service of the US National Library of Medicine.
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)
H
halazepam
(Paxipam)
hydroxyzine
(Vistaril, Atarax)
hyoscyamine
(Levsin, Levsinex)
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