The Beers List: Potentially Inappropriate Medications = for the Elderly

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Potentially Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly = According to=20 the Revised Beers Criteria

The list of drugs = below is=20 a summary of information from the following report in Archiv= es=20 of Internal Medicine: Fick DM, Cooper = JW, Wade=20 WE, Waller JL, Maclean JR, Beers MH. Updating the Beers = criteria=20 for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: = results of=20 a US consensus panel of experts. Arch Intern Med.=20 2003;163:2716-2724. [ Link=20 ] Click on the name = of each=20 medication or medication class for detailed information from MEDLINEplus, a=20 service of the US National Library of=20 Medicine.

A	I
alprazolam=20 (Xanax)	indomethacin=20 (Indocin, Indocin SR)
amiodarone = (Cordarone)=20	isoxsuprine=20 (Vasodilan)
amitriptyline=20 (Elavil)	K
amphetamines	ketorolac=20 (Toradol)
anorexic = agents	L
B	lorazepam=20 (Ativan)
barbiturates	M
belladonna=20 alkaloids (Donnatal)	meperidine=20 (Demerol)
bisacodyl=20 (Dulcolax)	meprobamate=20 (Miltown, Equanil)
C	mesoridazine=20 (Serintil)
carisoprodol=20 (Soma)	metaxalone=20 (Skelaxin)
cascara=20 sagrada	methocarbamol=20 (Robaxin)
chlordiazepoxide=20 (Librium, Mitran)	methyldopa=20 (Aldomet)
chlordiazepoxide-amitriptyline=20 (Limbitrol)	methyldopa-hydrochlorothiazide=20 (Aldoril)
chlorpheniramine=20 (Chlor-Trimeton)	methyltestosterone=20 (Android, Virilon, Testrad)
chlorpropamide=20 (Diabinese)	mineral = oil
chlorzoxazone=20 (Paraflex)	N
cimetidine=20 (Tagamet)	naproxen=20 (Naprosyn, Avaprox, Aleve)
clidinium-chlordiazepoxide=20 (Librax)	Neoloid
clonidine=20 (Catapres)	nifedipine=20 (Procardia, Adalat)
clorazepate=20 (Tranxene)	nitrofurantoin=20 (Microdantin)
cyclandelate=20 (Cyclospasmol)	O
cyclobenzaprine=20 (Flexeril)	orphenadrine=20 (Norflex)
cyproheptadine=20 (Periactin)	oxaprozin=20 (Daypro)
D	oxazepam=20 (Serax)
dessicated=20 thyroid	oxybutynin=20 (Ditropan)
dexchlorpheniramine=20 (Polaramine)	P
diazepam=20 (Valium)	pentazocine=20 (Talwin)
dicyclomine=20 (Bentyl)	perphenazine-amitriptyline=20 (Triavil)
digoxin=20 (Lanoxin)	piroxicam=20 (Feldene)
diphenhydramine=20 (Benadryl)	promethazine=20 (Phenergan)
dipyridamole=20 (Persantine)	propantheline=20 (Pro-Banthine)
disopyramide=20 (Norpace, Norpace CR)	propoxyphene=20 (Darvon) and combination products
doxazosin=20 (Cardura)	Q
doxepin=20 (Sinequan)	quazepam (Doral)=20
E	R
ergot=20 mesyloids (Hydergine)	reserpine=20 (Serpalan, Serpasil)
estrogens	T
ethacrynic=20 acid (Edecrin)	temazepam=20 (Restoril)
F	thioridazine=20 (Mellaril)
ferrous=20 sulfate (iron)	ticlopidine=20 (Ticlid)
fluoxetine=20 (Prozac)	triazolam=20 (Halcion)
flurazepam=20 (Dalmane)	trimethobenzamide=20 (Tigan)
G	tripelennamine
guanadrel (Hylorel) =
guanethidine=20 (Ismelin)	[ End of list.=20 ]
H
halazepam=20 (Paxipam)
hydroxyzine=20 (Vistaril, Atarax)
hyoscyamine=20 (Levsin, Levsinex)

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