Central Nervous System–Active Medications and Risk for Falls in Older Women

By K. Ensrud, T. Blackwell, C. Mangione, Paula J. Bowman, M. Whooley, D. Bauer, A. Schwartz, J. Hanlon, M. Nevitt. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2002

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether current use of central nervous system (CNS)‐active medications, including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and narcotics, increases the risk for subsequent falls.

Subfields: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery

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Citations in the corpus

• Medication as a risk factor for falls: critical systematic review. (2007, background): “Physical performance (activities of daily living, ambulatory status) was considered as a confounder in 10 studies (32,35,43,46,47,49,53,54,56,58), and the use of other medicines was considered as a confounder in 14 studies (34,37, 39,40–43,46,47,49–51,57,58).”
• A drug burden index to define the functional burden of medications in older people. (2007, background): “The use of drugs with central nervous system depressant effects is associated with an estimated 50% increased risk of falling in older people.(9,10) Hip fracture has been associated with the use of barbiturates,(11) benzodiazepines,(12) tricyclic antidepressants,(13) antipsychotics,(13) and selectiv”