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Inappropriate Medications for
the Elderly
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Note: Based
on 1997 Beers Criteria & Classification by Expert Panel
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Always Avoid
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Rarely Appropriate
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Often Misused
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Barbiturates
Belladonna alkaloids
Chlorpropamide
Dicyclomine
Flurazepam
Hyoscyamine
Meperidine
Meprobamate
Pentazocine
Propantheline
Trimethobenzamide
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Carisoprodol
Chlordiazepoxide
Chlorzoxazone
Cyclobenzaprine
Diazepam
Metaxalone
Methocarbamol
Propoxyphene
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Amitriptyline
Chlorpheniramine
Cyproheptadine
Diphenhydramine
Dipyridamole
Disopyramide
Doxepin
Hydroxyzine
Indomethacin
Methyldopa
Oxybutynin
Promethazine
Reserpine
Ticlopidine
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From Beers, MH: Explicit criteria for determining potentially
inappropriate medication
use by the elderly: An update. Arch Intern Med
157:1531–1536, 1997.
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7/16/14
Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly
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