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I feel like I am brain dead!!!. I have
been having difficulty down loading the "Beers list". Could someone please
send me the web site, or the list. I am now in Assisted Living as the
DON. I would truely love to decrease the number of medications
administrated to our clients. Thank you in advance. Also, I
have missed this link in my professional growth. I have been out on leave
due to an injury sustained in falling down stairs, yes I had a couple of glasses
of wine! Needles to say, my other employer filled my position as I
was unable to work. I have not worked since Dec 4th. I have a new
position as DON in an assisted living environment. Thank you for all your
support Gosh, it is so nice to be back to work. I have a wonderful
husband who is supportive and right there when I need him ( after 2 MIs) I
am so fortunate!!!!!!!
Cathy P. RNC
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Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:48
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Subject: Revised Beers List
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Here is the
citation and the abstract for the revised Beers
criteria...
Arch
Intern Med. 2003 Dec 8-22;163(22):2716-24. |
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Updating the Beers criteria
for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results
of a US consensus panel of experts.
Fick DM,
Cooper JW, Wade WE, Waller JL, Maclean JR, Beers
MH.
Department of Medicine, Center for Health Care
Improvement, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
BACKGROUND: Medication toxic effects and
drug-related problems can have profound medical and safety
consequences for older adults and economically affect the health care
system. The purpose of this initiative was to revise and update the
Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in adults
65 years and older in the United States. METHODS: This study used a
modified Delphi method, a set of procedures and methods for
formulating a group judgment for a subject matter in which precise
information is lacking. The criteria reviewed covered 2 types of
statements: (1) medications or medication classes that should
generally be avoided in persons 65 years or older because they are
either ineffective or they pose unnecessarily high risk for older
persons and a safer alternative is available and (2) medications that
should not be used in older persons known to have specific medical
conditions. RESULTS: This study identified 48 individual medications
or classes of medications to avoid in older adults and their potential
concerns and 20 diseases/conditions and medications to be avoided in
older adults with these conditions. Of these potentially inappropriate
drugs, 66 were considered by the panel to have adverse outcomes of
high severity. CONCLUSIONS: This study is an important update of
previously established criteria that have been widely used and cited.
The application of the Beers criteria and other tools for identifying
potentially inappropriate medication use will continue to enable
providers to plan interventions for decreasing both drug-related costs
and overall costs and thus minimize drug-related
problems.
PMID: 14662625 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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