94% of older Americans prescribed a drug that increases their risk of falling, study shows

(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Ninety-four percent of older Americans were prescribed a drug that increased their risk of falling in 2017, up from just 57 percent in 1999, according to a recent study published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.  Continue reading the article here…

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