Table 4 Potentially inappropriate psychotropic drugs (PIP) and Potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) for elderly people according to Beers criteria “independent of diagnosis or conditions”
From: Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for elderly people taking antidepressant: comparative tools
Drug | PIM number of patients n = 132 (100%) | PIP prescriptions n = 864 (100%) |
|---|---|---|
Tricyclic antidepressants | ||
amitriptyline | 41 (31.1) | 276 (31.9) |
clomipramine | 8 (6.1) | 52 (6.1) |
Benzodiazepines | ||
alprazolam | 1 (0.7) | 8 (0.9) |
lorazepam | 3 (2.3) | 34 (3.9) |
clonazepam | 26 (19.7) | 178 (20.6) |
diazepam | 36 (27.3) | 263 (30.4) |
Antipsychotics, first and second generation | ||
haloperidol | 12(9.1) | 91 (10.5) |
chlorpromazine | 7 (5.3) | 36 (4.1) |
thioridazine | 2 (1.5) | 7 (0.8) |
risperidone | 1 (0.7) | 7 (0.8) |
Barbiturates (antiepileptics) | ||
phenobarbital | 2 (1.5) | 17 (19.7) |