CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E APPENDIX E COMMONLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS BY CATEGORY BY BRAND (GENERIC) Revised—June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E Prescribed Medications by Category by Brand ANTIPSYCHOTICS ANTIDEPRESSANTS Brand Generic Brand Generic *Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E ANTIANXIETY HYPNOTICS Brand Generic Brand Generic *Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E DIURETICS Brand Generic
Maxzide Triameterene/hydrochlorothiazide
Diamox Acetazolamide Moduretic AmilorideHCl/hydrochlorothiazide Diuril Chlorothiazide
NOTES: This appendix should be used as a resource when completing Section O. The medications identified with an asterisk, “generally not recommended for use in the elderly” are adopted from an article published in 1997 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, written by Mark Beers, M.D., entitled Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly. REFERENCES: Drug Facts and Comparisons, 2003 The Orange Book, http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm The National Drug Code Directory, http://www.fda.gov/cder/ndc/database/Default.htm See State Operations Manual, Chapter 9, Appendix PP – Interpretive Guidelines for Long-Term Care Facilities, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/ *Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—March 2006, June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E 1995 Version January 2004 Update Rationale
asterisk, “generally not recommended for use in the elderly” are adopted from an article published in1997 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, written by Mark Beers, M.D., entitled Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly.
New medications may become available prior to the publication of a new version
Seroquel (Quetiapine) Zyprexa (Olanzapine)
*Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E 1995 Version January 2004 Update Rationale
Noludar and Paxipam are no longer available. Noctec, a brand of Chloral Hydrate is not available on the market.
Aquachloral Supprettes (Chloral Hydrate)
Paral (Paraldehyde) Phenobarbital Sonata (Zaleplon) Tuinal (Amobarbital/Secobarbital)
*Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—June 2005 CMS’s RAI Version 2.0 Manual Appendix E 1995 Version_____ January 2004 Update_______________ Rationale_______________ *Medications generally not recommended for use in the elderly Revised—June 2005
ISHAM Genotyping Resistance in Fungi Workshop Convenors David W. Denning (david.denning@manchester.ac.uk) William W. Hope Objectives 1. To develop an agreed nomenclature for mutations and other structural genetic alterations in Candida spp., Aspergillus spp. and Pneumocystis jiroveci that confer antifungal resistance 2. To document all genotypic resistance mutations in these 3 specie