PMID- 30574336 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 2055-0294 (Print) IS - 2055-0294 (Electronic) IS - 2055-0294 (Linking) VI - 4 DP - 2018 TI - Analysis of fall-related adverse events among older adults using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report (JADER) database. PG - 32 LID - 10.1186/s40780-018-0129-8 [doi] LID - 32 AB - BACKGROUND: Falls are a common but serious problem in older adults, and may lead to fractures and bleeding. As many factors, such as medication, aging, and comorbid diseases may simultaneously affect fall-related adverse events (AEs) in older adults, we evaluated the association between fall-related AEs and the use of medication, aging, and comorbid diseases using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report (JADER) database. METHODS: We analyzed reports of fall-related AEs associated with alpha-blockers, diuretics, calcium channel blockers, central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs (opioids, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and sedatives, non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)) in the JADER database using the reporting odds ratio (ROR). For the definition of falls, we used the Preferred Terms of The Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA). We used the association rule mining technique to discover undetected associations, such as potential risk factors. RESULTS: The JADER database comprised 430,587 reports between April 2004 and November 2016. The RORs (95% CI) of alpha-blockers, diuretics, calcium channel blockers, opioids, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and sedatives, non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors, and SSRIs were 1.63 (1.27-2.09), 0.74 (0.63-0.86), 1.26 (1.15-1.38), 0.93 (0.80-1.07), 1.83 (1.68-2.01), 1.55 (1.12-2.14), 2.31 (1.82-2.95), and 2.86 (2.49-3.29), respectively. From the lift value in the association rule mining, the number of administered CNS-active drugs and patient age were associated with fall-related AEs. Furthermore, the scores of lift for patients with herpes zoster administered calcium channel blockers or benzodiazepines and patients with dementia administered benzodiazepines were high. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the number of administered CNS-active drugs and patient age are both associated with fall-related AEs. We recommend that patients with herpes zoster treated with calcium channel blockers and benzodiazepines be closely monitored for fall-related AEs. FAU - Hatahira, Haruna AU - Hatahira H AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c AD - Department of Pharmacy, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Kobi-cho, Shimo-kobi 590, Minokamo-shi, Gifu, 505-8503 Japan. FAU - Hasegawa, Shiori AU - Hasegawa S AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Sasaoka, Sayaka AU - Sasaoka S AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Kato, Yamato AU - Kato Y AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Abe, Junko AU - Abe J AD - Medical Database Co., Ltd., 3-11-10 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0011 Japan. FAU - Motooka, Yumi AU - Motooka Y AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Fukuda, Akiho AU - Fukuda A AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Naganuma, Misa AU - Naganuma M AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Nakao, Satoshi AU - Nakao S AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Mukai, Ririka AU - Mukai R AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Shimada, Kazuyo AU - Shimada K AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c FAU - Hirade, Kouseki AU - Hirade K AD - Department of Pharmacy, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Kobi-cho, Shimo-kobi 590, Minokamo-shi, Gifu, 505-8503 Japan. FAU - Kato, Takeshi AU - Kato T AD - Department of Pharmacy, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Kobi-cho, Shimo-kobi 590, Minokamo-shi, Gifu, 505-8503 Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Mitsuhiro AU - Nakamura M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5062-5522 AD - 1Laboratory of Drug Informatics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku nishi, Gifu, 501-1196 Japan. ISNI: 0000 0000 9242 8418. GRID: grid.411697.c LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181217 PL - England TA - J Pharm Health Care Sci JT - Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences JID - 101672177 PMC - PMC6296112 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adverse event reporting system OT - Benzodiazepine OT - Calcium channel blockers OT - Fall OT - Hypnotics and sedatives OT - JADER COIS- Not applicable.Not applicable.JA is an employee of Medical Database. The rest of the authors have no conflict of interest.Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. EDAT- 2018/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/24 06:01 PMCR- 2018/12/17 CRDT- 2018/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 129 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40780-018-0129-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Pharm Health Care Sci. 2018 Dec 17;4:32. doi: 10.1186/s40780-018-0129-8. eCollection 2018.