Authors: Beatriz Magalhães Eng, Felipe Guizze, Maria Aparecida Nicoletti.
The three most prevalent chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the elderly in Brazil are: Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH [50.65%]), Diabetes Mellitus (DM [18.10%]) and Arthritis and Rheumatism (16, 43%) The drugs most indicated for their treatments in the elderly were classified and analyzed according to the degree of risk of falls. It is concluded that their uses can favor the occurrence of falls in the elderly.
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