EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research

L J Seppala; N van der Velde; T Masud; H Blain; M Petrovic; T J van der Cammen; K Szczerbińska; S Hartikainen; R A Kenny; J Ryg; P Eklund; E Topinková; A Mair; L Laflamme; H Thaler; G Bahat; M Gutiérrez-Valencia; M A Caballero-Mora; F Landi; M H Emmelot-Vonk; A Cherubini; J P Baeyens; A Correa-Pérez; A Gudmundsson; A Marengoni; D O'Mahony; N Parekh; F E Pisa; C Rajkumar; M Wehling; G Ziere; EuGMS Task and Finish Group on  Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs

doi:10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7

EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research

L J Seppala
, N van der Velde
, T Masud
, H Blain
, M Petrovic
, T J van der Cammen
, K Szczerbińska
, S Hartikainen
, R A Kenny
, J Ryg
, P Eklund
, E Topinková
, A Mair
, L Laflamme
, H Thaler
, G Bahat
, M Gutiérrez-Valencia
, M A Caballero-Mora
, F Landi
, M H Emmelot-Vonk

A Cherubini, J P Baeyens, A Correa-Pérez, A Gudmundsson, A Marengoni, D O'Mahony, N Parekh, F E Pisa, C Rajkumar, M Wehling, G Ziere, EuGMS Task and Finish Group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs

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Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of medication as a risk factor. In the present statement, the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Task and Finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), in collaboration with the EuGMS Special Interest group on Pharmacology and the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Geriatric Medicine Section, outlines its position regarding knowledge dissemination on medication-related falls in older people across Europe. The EuGMS Task and Finish group is developing educational materials to facilitate knowledge dissemination for healthcare professionals and older people. In addition, steps in primary prevention through judicious prescribing, deprescribing of FRIDs (withdrawal and dose reduction), and gaps in current research are outlined in this position paper.

Original language	English
Journal	Drugs & Aging
Volume	36
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	299-307
ISSN	1170-229X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7
Publication status	Published - 9. Apr 2019

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Seppala, L. J., van der Velde, N., Masud, T., Blain, H., Petrovic, M., van der Cammen, T. J., Szczerbińska, K., Hartikainen, S., Kenny, R. A., Ryg, J., Eklund, P., Topinková, E., Mair, A., Laflamme, L., Thaler, H., Bahat, G., Gutiérrez-Valencia, M., Caballero-Mora, M. A., Landi, F., ... EuGMS Task and Finish Group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (2019). EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research. Drugs & Aging, 36(4), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7

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