Medication-Related Falls in Older People

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Aging Population and Falls: Consequences and Costs

Chapter 3 Falls Count and Counting Falls: Making Sense of Data About Falls

Chapter 4 Polypharmacy

Chapter 5 Pharmacology of Drugs in Aging

Chapter 6 Age-Related Physical and Physiologic Changes and Comorbidities in Older People: Association with Falls

Chapter 7 Adverse Events and Falls

Chapter 8 Risk Factors for Falls in the Elderly

Chapter 9 Psychotropic Drugs

Chapter 10 Benzodiazepines

Chapter 11 Drugs for Degenerative Neurologic Conditions: Antiparkinson Medications, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, and Memantine

Chapter 12 Antihypertensives and Cardiovascular Medications

Chapter 13 Glucose Control Medications

Chapter 14 Inappropriate Medications and Risk of Falls in Older Adults

Chapter 15 Identifying Explicit Criteria for the Prevention of Falls

Chapter 16 Approach to Medication Reviews in Older Adults

Chapter 17 Withdrawal of Fall Risk-Increasing Drugs

Chapter 18 Benzodiazepine Withdrawal in the Elderly: A Practical Approach

Chapter 19 Role of Information and Communication Technologies

Chapter 20 A Novel Personalized Fall Risk Calculator: A Prototype for Improving the Safety of Prescribing Through Computerized Decision Support

Chapter 21 Future Directions