In Canada, prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)—drugs whose harms may outweigh ... from many medical societies to avoid potentially inappropriate medications and various ...

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the rate of and factors associated with potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescribing in a large inpatient sample. Design ...

In the intervention group, orders for nine drugs that were deemed to be potentially inappropriate for older adults (e.g., promethazine, diazepam, propoxyphene, diphenhydramine) generated ...