Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dsjbd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T04:58:26.472Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Appropriate prescribing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Mary P Tully
Mary P Tully*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Department of Pharmacy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Clinical geriatrics
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 49 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1Beers, MH, Ouslander, JG, Rollingher, I, Reuben, DB, Brooks, J, Beck, JC. Explicit criteria for determining inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents. Arch Intern Med 1991; 151: 1825–32.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2Hanlon, JT, Schmader, KE, Samsa, GP et al. , A method for assessing drug therapy appropriateness. J Clin Epidemiol 1992; 45: 1045–51.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3Willcox, SM, Himmelstein, DU, Woolhandler, S. Inappropriate drug prescribing for the community dwelling elderly. JAMA 1994; 272: 292–96.Google Scholar
4Tamblyn, RM, McLeod, PJ, Abrahamowicz, M et al. Questionable prescribing for elderly patients in Quebec. Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150: 1801–809.Google ScholarPubMed
5Karch, FE, Lasagna, L. Adverse drug reactions: a critical review. JAMA 1975; 234: 1236–41.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
6Naranjo, CA, Busto, U, Sellers, EM et al. A method for estimating the probability of adverse drug reactions. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1981; 30: 239–45.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
7Hurwitz, N. Predisposing factors in adverse reactions to drugs. BMJ 1969; 1: 536–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
8Carbonin, P, Bernabei, R, Sgadari, A. Is age an independent risk factor of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized medical patients? J Am Geriatr Soc 1991; 39: 1093–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9Gurwitz, JH, Avorn, J. The ambiguous relation between aging and adverse drug reactions. Ann Intern Med 1991; 114: 956–66.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
10Beard, K. Adverse reactions as a cause of hospital admission in the aged. Drugs Aging 1992; 2: 356–67.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11Nolan, L, O'Malley, K. Prescribing for the elderly. Part I. Sensitivity of the elderly to adverse drug reactions. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988; 36: 142–49.Google Scholar
12Bem, JL, Mann, RD, Rawlins, MD. Review of yellow cards 1986 and 1987. BMJ 1988; 296: 1319.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
13Castleden, CM, Pickles, H. Suspected adverse drug reactions in elderly patients reported to the Committee on Safety of Medicines. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1988; 26: 347–53.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
14Cartwright, A, Smith, C. Elderly people, their medicines and their doctors. Routledge: London, 1988.Google Scholar
15Chrischilles, EA, Segar, ET, Wallace, RB. Self-reported adverse drug reactions and related resource use. A study of community-dwelling persons 65 years of age and older. Ann Intern Med 1992; 117: 634–40.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
16Lindley, CM, Tully, MP, Parmasothy, V, Tallis, RC. Inappropriate medication is a major cause of adverse drug reactions in elderly patients. Age Ageing 1992; 21: 294–300.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
17Borchelt, M, Horgas, AL. Screening an elderly population for verifiable adverse drug reactions. Methodological approach and initial data of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Ann N Y Acad Sci 1994; 717: 270–81.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
18Williamson, J, Chopin, JM. Adverse reactions to prescribed drugs in the elderly: a multicentre investigation. Age Ageing 1980; 9: 73–80.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
19Trewin, VF, Lawrence, CJ, Veitch, GBA, Luscombe, DK. Prescribing patterns and iatrogenic disease, 10 years on. Care Elderly 1991; 3: 193–98.Google Scholar
20Woodhouse, KW. Pharmacokinetics of drugs in the elderly. J R Soc Med 1994; 87 (suppl 23): 2–4.Google Scholar
21Jackson, SHD. Pharmacodynamics in the elderly. J R Soc Med 1994; 87 (suppl 23): 5–7.Google Scholar
22Swift, CG. Pharmacodynamics: changes in homeostatic mechanism, receptor and target organ sensitivity in the elderly. Br Med Bull 1990; 46: 36–52.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
23Darnell, JC, Murray, MD, Martz, BL, Weinburger, M. Medication use by ambulatory elderly – an in home survey. J Am Geriatr Soc 1986; 34: 1–4.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
24Gosney, M, Tallis, R, Edmond, E. The burden of chronic illness in local authority residential homes for the elderly. Health Trends 1990/1991; 4: 153–7.Google Scholar
25Schneider, JK, Mion, LC, Frengley, JD. Adverse drug reactions in an elderly outpatient population. Am J Hosp Pharm 1992; 49: 90–6.Google Scholar
26Adams, KRH, Al-Hamouz, S, Edmond, E, Tallis, RC, Vellodi, C, Lye, M. Inappropriate prescribing in the elderly. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1987; 21: 39–41.Google ScholarPubMed
27Government Statistical Service. Statistics of prescriptions dispensed in the Family Health Services Authorities: England 1983 to 1993. London: Department of Health, July 1994.Google Scholar
28Nolan, L, O'Malley, K. Prescribing for the elderly. Part II. Prescribing patterns: differences due to age. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988; 36: 245–54.Google Scholar
29Jylhä, M. Ten-year change in the use of medicinal drugs among the elderly – a longitudinal study and cohort comparison. J Clin Epidemial 1994; 47: 69–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
30Caranosis, GJ, Stewart, RB, Cluff, LE. Drug-induced illness leading to hospitalization. JAMA 1974; 228: 713–17.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
31Taylor, KJ, Datta Chaudhuri, ML. Adverse drug reactions as a cause of hospital admission. Care Elderly 1992; 4: 110–16.Google Scholar
32Stewart, RB. Noncompliance in the elderly. Is there a cure? Drugs Aging 1991; 1: 163–67.Google Scholar
33Raynor, DK. Patient compliance: the pharmacist's role. Int J Pharm Pract 1992; 1: 126–35.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
34Weintraub, M. Compliance in the elderly. Ann Intern Med 1990; 6: 445–52.Google ScholarPubMed
35Col, N, Fanale, JE, Kronholm, P. The role of medication noncompliance and adverse drug reactions in hospitalizations of the elderly. Ann Intern Med 1990; 150: 841–45.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
36Ley, P. The problems of patients' non-compliance. In: Communicating with patients – improving communication, satisfaction and compliance. London: Croom Helm Ltd, 1988: 53–71.Google Scholar
37Eisen, SA, Miller, DK, Woodward, RS, Spitznager, E, Przybeck, TR. The effect of prescribed daily dose frequency on patient medication compliance. Ann Intern Med 1990; 150: 1881–84.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
38Rivers, PH. Compliance aids – do they work? Drugs Aging 1992; 2: 103–11.Google Scholar
39Walker, R, Mandai, A, Daymond, T, Bansal, S, Pennington, D. Assessment of compliance devices by patients. Pharm J 1990; 245: R1.Google Scholar
40Wood, SI, Calvert, RT, Acomb, C, Kay, EA. Self-medication scheme for elderly improved compliance With their medication regimens. Int J Pharm Pract 1992; 1: 240–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
41Cochrane, RA, Mandal, AR, Ledger-Scott, M, Walker, R. Changes in drug treatment after discharge from hospital in geriatric patients. BMJ 1992; 305: 694–96.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed