Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution: The American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria

Today we're covering a touchstone resource for geriatricians: the "Beers List" of medications that older adults should avoid or use with caution. (Technically, it's called "The AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults." I personally think of it as the list of "risky medications" for older adults.) If you want to […]

Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution: The American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria

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Today we're covering a touchstone resource for geriatricians: the "Beers List" of medications that older adults should avoid or use with caution.

(Technically, it's called "The AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults." I personally think of it as the list of "risky medications" for older adults.) If you want...

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Today we're covering a touchstone resource for geriatricians: the "Beers List" of medications that older adults should avoid or use with caution. (Technically, it's called "The AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults." I personally think of it as the list of "risky medications" for older adults.) If you want to […]

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