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The American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults is a list of medication guidelines that help healthcare providers safely prescribe medications for adults over age 65.
Key points. The intention of the AGS Beers Criteria® is to: (1) reduce older adults' exposure to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) by improving medication selection; (2) educate clinicians and patients; and (3) serve as a tool for evaluating the quality of care, cost, and patterns of drug use in older adults.
The intention of the AGS Beers Criteria® is to: (1) reduce older adults’ exposure to Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs) by improving medication selection; (2) educate clinicians and patients; and (3) serve as a tool for evaluating quality of care, cost, and patterns of drug use in
In 1991, Dr. Mark Beers and colleagues published a methods paper describing the development of a consensus list of medicines considered to be inappropriate for long-term care facility residents.12 The “Beers list” is now in its sixth permutation.1 It is intended for use by clinicians in outpatient as well as inpatient settings (but not hospice...
The intention of the AGS Beers Criteria® is to improve medication selection; educate clinicians and patients; reduce adverse drug events; and serve as a tool for evaluating quality of care, cost, and patterns of drug use of older adults. JAGS 67:674–694, 2019. 2019 The American Geriatrics Society.
This guideline is provided by the American Geriatric Society (AGS) regarding potentially inappropriate medications (not definitively inappropriate medications) for individuals ages 65 and older; these standards are known as the Beers Criteria®. This 2023 guideline is an update of the 2019 version.
5 The Beers Criteria were developed by Mark Beers, MD, and colleagues at the University of 6 California Los Angeles in 1991, with the purpose of identifying medications for which potential 7 harm outweighed expected benefit and that should be avoided in nursing home residents.
The 2019 American Geriatrics Society update of the Beers Criteria uses the five criteria outlined in 2015; these include medications that should typically be avoided in most older patients...
The criteria recommend direct oral anticoagulants for initial treatment, particularly apixaban (Eliquis) or dabigatran (Pradaxa). Rivaroxaban (Xarelto), which has a higher risk of...
The AGS Beers Criteria® is an explicit list of PIMs that are typically best avoided by older adults in most circumstances or under specific situations, such as in certain diseases or conditions.