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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Oct 7;19(12):1248–1255. doi: 10.1002/pds.2031

Table 5.

Characteristics of concomitant use of interacting drugs.

Risk factor Hip fracture
patients
(N=17,057)
Controls
(N=85,553)
N(%) N(%)
alprazolam and interacting drug use
  pharmacokinetically interacting co-medicationa 83(0.5) 535(0.6)
  pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationb 163(1.0) 554(0.7)
  pharmacokinetically and pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationa,b 221(1.3) 794(0.9)
lorazepam and interacting drug use
  pharmacokinetically interacting co-medicationc 0(0.0) 3(0.0)
  pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationb 571(3.4) 1501(1.8)
  pharmacokinetically and pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationb,c 2(0.0) 0(0.0)
zolpidem and interacting drug use
  pharmacokinetically interacting co-medicationd 18(0.1) 90(0.1)
  pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationb 179(1.1) 480(0.6)
  pharmacokinetically and pharmacodynamically interacting co-medicationb,d 20(0.1) 84(0.1)
a

Aprepitant, amiodarone, cimetidine, clarithromycin, cyclosporine, dextropropoxyphen, diltiazem, ergotamine, erythromycin, esomeprazole, fluconazole, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, indinavir, isoniazid, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir, nicardipine, nifedipine, omeprazole, paroxetine, propoxyphene, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin, troleandomycin, and verapamil.

b

Opioids, H1-antihistamines, barbiturates, anticonvulsants, non-benzodiazepine non-barbiturate hypnotics, antidepressants, neuroleptics, and muscle relaxants.

c

Valproate and probenecid.

d

Aprepitant, cimetidine, clarithromycin, diltiazem, erythromycin, fluconazole, indinavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nelfinavir, nefazodone, telithromycin, ritonavir, saquinavir, and verapamil.