title: [What happened after meprobamate's withdrawal? Survey in two nursing homes].
abstract: We have conducted in two nursing homes a survey to study the impact of meprobamate's withdrawal, at the beginning of 2012, in terms of extent of prescribing to others psychotropic drugs and occurrence of adverse events. After meprobamate's withdrawal, 65 % of residents did not receive alternative medication and within three months after meprobamate stopping, adverse events (drowsiness, falls and hospitalization) decreased while agitation did not increase.
authors.affiliation: GH Hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Ouest, AP-HP, Hôpital Vaugirard, service de gérontologie, 10 rue Vaugelas, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lounis
authors.affiliation: OMEDIT Ile-de-France, 35 rue de la Gare, 75019 Paris, France; APHP, GH HUPNVS, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, département d'épidémiologie et recherche clinique, 46 rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonnet-Zamponi
authors.affiliation: APHP, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles-Foix, Hôpital Charles-Foix, court séjour gériatrique, 7 avenue de la République, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France; UFR de médecine Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Université Paris 6, 15, rue de l'école de médecine, 75006 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Éric
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Pautas
authors.affiliation: GHI Le Raincy-Montfermeil, pôle Gériatrie-SSR, service de SSR, 13 place Jean Mermoz, 93370 Montfermeil, France. Electronic address: m.gaubert-dahan@ch-montfermeil.fr.
authors.forename: Marie-Line
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gaubert-Dahan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing; D008297:Male; D008620:Meprobamate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D056737:Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D008620:Meprobamate
keywords: Ehpad; elderly; inappropriate prescribing; meprobamate; médicaments psychotropes; méprobamate; nursing homes; prescription inappropriée; psychotropic drugs; sujet âgé