Multicasuality of falls and the role of drugs

17 Oct

Falls cause important morbidity and mortality in elderly people, but can occur at any age. They can be caused by various concurrent causes. Psychotropic agents such as benzodiazepines and other hipnotic drugs, antidepressants, antipsychotics and opioids have been associated with a higher incidence of falls. To avoid fractures the key question is to avoid falls. It has no sense to focus on osteoporosis and densitometry in postmenopausal females.