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==Background==
*Guideline to improve safety of prescribing medications for '''adults 65 and older'''<ref>"American Geriatrics Society 2015 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.". J Am Geriatr Soc. 63 (11): 2227–2246. 2015. PMID 26446832</ref>
*Emphasizes risk-benefit ratio, polypharmacy, drug interactions, adverse drug reactions.
*Developed by American Geriatric Society
*Also known as
**Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
**Beers List
*Used in conjunction with [[STOPP/START criteria]]<ref>
O'Mahony D ; O'Sullivan D ; Byrne S; et al. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2. Age Ageing. 2015; 44: 213-218</ref>
**Screening Tool in Older Persons for Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions
**Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to the Right Treatment<ref>Hilary Hamilton, MB, MRCPI; Paul Gallagher, PhD, MRCPI; Cristin Ryan, PhD, MPSI; Stephen Byrne, PhD, MPSI; Denis O’Mahony, MD, FRCPI. Potentially Inappropriate Medications Defined by STOPP Criteria and the Risk of Adverse Drug Events in Older Hospitalized Patients. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(11):1013-1019.</ref>
 

==External Links==

[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1111/jgs.13702/ American Geriatrics Society 2015 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults]

==See Also==
[[STOPP/START criteria]]

==References==
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[[Category:Geriatrics]]
[[Category:Pharmacology]]