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- Title
Antihypertensive Medication Use in Older Adults at Risk for Hip Fracture-Reply.
- Authors
Berry, Sarah D.; Kiel, Douglas P.; Colón-Emeric, Cathleen
- Abstract
The authors reply on comments on their research on the use of antihypertensive drugs in older people with risk for hip fracture. Topics covered are conflicting data on the association between antihypertensive drugs and falls in older adults, increased risk of injurious falls due to exposure to moderate or high-dose antihypertensive drugs and difference in the adverse effects of antihypertensive drugs according to frailty.
- Subjects
BONE fractures; HIP joint injuries; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE agents; PELVIC bones
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2019, Vol 322, Issue 16, p1609
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2019.13954