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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Oct 19;70(1):168–177. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17508

Table 2.

Type of CNS-active medication use at index for those with and without a fall-related injury

	Fall-Related Injury (N = 449)		No Fall-Related Injury (N = 1,751)
	N	%	N	%
Specific Classes
Antidepressants	252	56	1,021	58
Opioids	139	31	523	30
Benzodiazepine/Sedative hypnotics	74	17	214	12
Skeletal muscle relaxants	14	3	59	3
Antipsychotic	2	0.4	14	0.8
Anticholinergics^a
Genitourinary antispasmodic	63	14	170	10
Gastrointestinal antispasmodic	22	5	126	7
Antihistamines	6	1	31	2
Antivertigo/Antiemetic	3	0.7	37	2

Some antidepressants, muscle relaxants and antipsychotics include medications with anticholinergic effects. These anticholinergic medications were included in their primary therapeutic classes and are not summarized in the anticholinergic section.