Optimising drug treatment for elderly people: the prescribing cascade

BMJ. 1997 Oct 25;315(7115):1096-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1096.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Benzothiadiazines
  • Chronic Disease / drug therapy*
  • Diuretics
  • Drug Therapy / standards
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions*
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Metoclopramide / therapeutic use
  • Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Benzothiadiazines
  • Diuretics
  • Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
  • Levodopa
  • Metoclopramide