Potential Adverse Outcomes of Psychotropic and Narcotic Drug Use in Canadian Seniors

Potential adverse outcomes (falls, impaired cognition, impaired self-care) of psychotropic (benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antipsychotics) and narcotic medication use were examined in a large sample of Canadians 65 years of age and older. We examined rates of reported falls, Digit Symbol Substitu...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 857 - 863
Main Authors:	Ebly, Erika M, Hogan, David B, Fung, Tak S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-07-1997 Elsevier
Subjects:	Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data Activities of Daily Living Aged Biological and medical sciences Canada Cognition cognitive impairment Dementia Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data Elderly falls Humans Logistic Models Medical sciences Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...) narcotics Narcotics - adverse effects Narcotics - therapeutic use Pharmacology. Drug treatments Polypharmacy Prevalence psychotropic drugs Psychotropic Drugs - adverse effects Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use self-care ability Canada North America America narcotics cognitive impairment falls self-care ability psychotropic drugs Elderly Human Drug Psychotropic Toxicity Cognition Narcotic analgesic Epidemiology Public health
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