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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Clin North Am. 2015 Mar;99(2):281–293. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.004

Table 2.

Medications that increase the risk of falls

Medication Class Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Psychoactive Medications
   Antidepressants 1.68 (1.47–1.91)
   Antipsychotics 1.59 (1.37–1.83)
   Sedative hypnotics 1.47 (1.35–1.62)
   Benzodiazepines 1.57 (1.43–1.72)
Other Medications
   Antihypertensives 1.24 (1.01–1.50)
   Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs 1.21 (1.01–1.44)
   Diuretics 1.07 (1.01–1.14)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Data from Woolcott JC, Richardson KJ, Wiens MO, et al. Meta-analysis of the impact of 9 medication classes on falls in elderly persons. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:1957.