Table 2 Type of antidepressants and concomitant use of other psychotropic drugs
From: Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for elderly people taking antidepressant: comparative tools
Use of psychotropic drug | n = 174 (%) |
|---|---|
Type of antidepressants | |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitora | 95 (54.6) |
Tricyclic antidepressantsb | 73 (41.9) |
Other antidepressantsc | 6 (3.4) |
Concomitant use of benzodiazepines | 79 (45.4) |
Benzodiazepines with short-intermediate half-lifed | 46 (58.2) |
Long half-life benzodiazepinese | 33 (41.7) |
Concomitant use of antipsychotics-N05Af | 27(15.5) |
Concomitant use of antiepileptics-N03g | 11 (6.3) |