Ken Harvey wrote:
ash wrote:
why are these drugs listed specifically only contraindicated in
veterans and their spouses ?
The study looked at drugs generally regarded as contraindicated in the
elderly because they pose unnecessarily high risk of adverse events for
older persons and safer alternatives are available. The criteria used to
select the drugs are given in the appended references.
The Veterans database was used because it contains details of all
medicines dispensed on the RPBS system and also can be linked to age,
sex and other details. This enabled the researchers to look at drugs
dispensed to Veterans 70 years or older.
So, there was nothing specific about veterans and their spouses; they
were just a convenient sample of elderly people whose prescribing data
was readily available.
thx for the clarification
what exactly is wrong with doxepin and amitriptyline ? they are listed
as useful adjuncts in pain management
is this because vets have access to gabapentin for that indication,
whereas other humans pay or suffer?
ash
_______________________________________________
Gpcg_talk mailing list
[email protected]
http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
