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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Oct 20;12(5):326–330. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.08.013

Table 2.

Categories of Discontinued Medications

Medication Categories Total (%) (n=77) Scheduled (%) (n=23) PRN (%) (n=54)
Gastrointestinal 23 (29.9) 4 (17.4) 19 (35.2)
Antimicrobials 12 (15.6) 12 (52.2) 0 (0.0)
Analgesics 11 (14.3) 1 (4.3) 10 (18.5)
Respiratory 8 (10.4) 0 (0.0) 8 (14.8)
Central Nervous System 7 (9.1) 1 (4.3) 6 (11.1)
Anticholinergic 7 (9.1) 1 (4.3) 6 (11.1)
Topical Steroids 3 (3.9) 2 (8.7) 1 (1.9)
Ocular 3 (3.9) 1 (4.3) 2 (3.7)
Cardiovascular 2 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.7)
Diabetic 1 (1.3) 1 (4.3) 0 (0.0)
*

Numbers do not add up exactly to 100 due to rounding