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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Oct 2;12(5):377–383. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.04.008

Table 2.

Patients Prescribed a Potentially Inappropriate Renally Cleared Medication

Medication No. of Patients Prescribed Medication Inappropriate by eCRClr (n = 1304) Inappropriate by eGFR (n = 1304)
Acyclovir 22 1 (0.08) 1 (0.08)
Amantadine 49 4 (0.31) 1 (0.08)
Chlorpropamide 0 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Ciprofloxacin 245 3 (0.23) 2 (0.15)
Colchicine 61 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Duloxetine 2 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Gabapentin 221 24 (1.84) 15 (1.15)
Glyburide 175 42 (3.22) 23 (1.76)
Levetiracetam 13 2 (0.15) 1 (0.08)
Memantine 90 1 (0.08) 0 (0.00)
Meperidine 5 2 (0.15) 1 (0.08)
Nitrofurantoin 57 21 (1.61) 13 (1.00)
Probenecid 1 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Propoxyphene 12 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Ranitidine 345 52 (3.99) 19 (1.46)
Rimantidine 26 3 (0.23) 1 (0.08)
Spironolactone 96 2 (0.15) 1 (0.08)
Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim 258 5 (0.38) 3 (0.23)
Tramadol 137 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Triamterene 39 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Valacyclovir 3 1 (0.08) 0 (0.00)