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Benzodiazepine Consumption, Functionality, Cognition, and Somnolence in Older Adults at a Tertiary Care Psychiatric Hospital in Mexico City

2024; Cureus, Inc.; Linguagem: Inglês

10.7759/cureus.53252

2168-8184

Adolfo Montes-Castrejón, Luis Gerardo Moncayo-Samperio, Mónica Flores‐Ramos,

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

The aging population in Mexico, particularly those aged 60 and above, faces challenges in healthcare, including potentially inappropriate prescriptions of benzodiazepines. Physiological changes in older adults make precise drug prescriptions crucial.