@article{ref1, title="EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): position on knowledge dissemination, management, and future research", journal="Drugs and aging", year="2019", author="Seppala, L. J. and van der Velde, N. and Masud, T. and Blain, H. and Petrovic, M. and van der Cammen, T. J. and Szczerbińska, K. and Hartikainen, S. and Kenny, R. A. and Ryg, J. and Eklund, P. and Topinková, E. and Mair, A. and Laflamme, Lucie and Thaler, H. and Bahat, G. and Gutiérrez-Valencia, M. and Caballero-Mora, M. A. and Landi, F. and Emmelot-Vonk, M. H. and Cherubini, A. and Baeyens, J. P. and Correa-Pérez, A. and Gudmundsson, A. and Marengoni, A. and O'Mahony, D. and Parekh, N. and Pisa, F. E. and Rajkumar, C. and Wehling, M. and Ziere, G.", volume="36", number="4", pages="299-307", abstract="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.

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", language="en", issn="1170-229X", doi="10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7" }