TABLE 3.
Top 10 potentially inappropriate medications according to the LTC grade.
| No. | Total | LTC grade 1–2 | LTC grade 3–5 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 127,266) a | (N = 34,829) a | (N = 92,437) a | |||||||
| Medications | No. of Rx | (%) | Medications | No. of Rx | (%) | Medications | No. of Rx | (%) | |
| 1 | Quetiapine | 29,052 | (22.8) | Quetiapine | 7384 | (21.2) | Quetiapine | 20,833 | (23.1) |
| 2 | Chlorpheniramine | 17,620 | (13.8) | Chlorpheniramine | 5969 | (17.1) | Chlorpheniramine | 9011 | (10.0) |
| 3 | Zolpidem | 9065 | (7.1) | Zolpidem | 2643 | (7.6) | Zolpidem | 6294 | (7.0) |
| 4 | Risperidone | 7028 | (5.5) | Hydroxyzine | 1758 | (5.1) | Risperidone | 5196 | (5.8) |
| 5 | Diazepam | 5281 | (4.2) | Risperidone | 1714 | (4.9) | Diazepam | 3798 | (4.2) |
| 6 | Amitriptyline | 5195 | (4.1) | Diazepam | 1429 | (4.1) | Amitriptyline | 3766 | (4.2) |
| 7 | Hydroxyzine | 4851 | (3.8) | Clonazepam | 1392 | (4.0) | Glimepiride | 3079 | (3.4) |
| 8 | Clonazepam | 4569 | (3.6) | Amitriptyline | 1357 | (3.9) | Clonazepam | 3078 | (3.4) |
| 9 | Glimepiride | 4092 | (3.2) | Glimepiride | 906 | (2.6) | Hydroxyzine | 3055 | (3.4) |
| 10 | Dimenhydrinate | 3345 | (2.6) | Dimenhydrinate | 687 | (2.0) | Dimenhydrinate | 2601 | (2.9) |
a
Total number of prescriptions including potentially inappropriate medications.
Abbreviation: Rx, prescriptions.