As a reminder, prescribing medications to older patients should be done with caution because of changed physiology, co-morbid conditions and other currently used medications. The Beers Criteria is a helpful list of medications that may cause trouble for your older patients. https://www.guidelinecentral.com/guideline/340784/#section-2776198 is a list of medications to either avoid or prescribe carefully in this patient population.
Pay particular attention to medications that have anticholinergic properties as they cause change in mental status and increase the risk for falls.
https://www.carepatron.com/templates/beers-criteria-template
By the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel
Pages: 2052-2081
First Published: 04 May 2023 https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jgs.18372
2. https://www.carepatron.com/templates/beers-criteria-template
