Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of medication as a risk factor. In the present statement, the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Task and Finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), in collaboration with the EuGMS Special Interest group on Pharmacology and the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Geriatric Medicine Section, outlines its position regarding knowledge dissemination on medication-related falls in older people across Europe. The EuGMS Task and Finish group is developing educational materials to facilitate knowledge dissemination for healthcare professionals and older people. In addition, steps in primary prevention through judicious prescribing, deprescribing of FRIDs (withdrawal and dose reduction), and gaps in current research are outlined in this position paper.

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• antikonvulziva škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• Evropská unie MeSH
• geriatrie metody   normy   MeSH
• inhibitory Na-K-Cl symportérů škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• opioidní analgetika škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• polypharmacy MeSH
• psychotropní léky škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• úrazy pádem prevence a kontrola   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• věkové faktory MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa MeSH