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. 2011 Aug 21;11:48. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-48

Table 2.

Drugs classified as fall-risk increasing drugs in the IMPROveFALL study

Category Drug type
Central nervous system anxiolytics/hypnotics (benzodiazepines and others); antidepressants (tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors), neuroleptics (dopamine D2-receptor agonists and serotonin dopamine receptor antagonists)

Cardiovascular Antihypertensives (diuretics, beta-adrenoceptor blockers, alpha-adrenoceptor blockers, centrally acting antihypertensives, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers); Anti-arrhythmic drugs (Antiarrhythmics, nitrates, digoxin, vasodilators)

Anti-inflammation NSAIDs

Gastro-Intestinal Antacids (H-2 receptor antagonists)

Analgesics Opioids

Pulmonary Sympathomimetics, anti-histaminics

Diuretics Thiazide diuretics, loop diuretics