HIGH RISK as specified by NCQA’s HEDIS Measure: Use of High Risk Medications in the Elderly

Description Prescription Antianxiety (includes • - • meprobamate combination ) • • (includes • acetaminophen- • combination drugs) • diphenhydramine- salicylate (includes • APAP//diphenhydramine • - combination drugs) • APAP/diphenhydramine/ • dextromethorphan- • APAP/diphenhydramine/pseudoephedrine • diphenhydramine • acetaminophen-diphenhydramine • diphenhydramine//phenylephrine • /CPM//PE/PPA/scopolamine • diphenhydramine- • carbetapentane/diphenhydramine/phenylephrine • diphenhydramine-magnesium salicylate • /phenylephrine/promethazine • diphenhydramine-phenylephrine • codeine-promethazine • diphenhydramine-pseudoephedrine • • hydrochloride • dexchlorpheniramine • hydroxyzine pamoate • dexchlorpheniramine/dextromethorphan/PSE • phenylephrine-promethazine • dexchlorpheniramine//PSE • promethazine • dexchlorpheniramine/hydrocodone/phenylephrine • tripelennamine • dexchlorpheniramine/methscopolamine/PSE , typical • • • - • dextroamphetamine • pemoline dextroamphetamine • diethylpropion • phendimetrazine • benzphetamine • • phentermine • • • • mephobarbital • • amobarbital-secobarbital • • • Long-acting • -chlordiazepoxide • chlordiazepoxide-clidinium • (includes combination drugs) • chlordiazepoxide • blockers • —short-acting only Gastrointestinal • dicyclomine • propantheline Belladonna • atropine • belladonna//phenobarbital (includes combination drugs) • atropine/hyoscyamine/PB/scopolamine • butabarbital/hyoscyamine/phenazopyridine • atropine- • digestive enzymes/hyoscyamine/ • atropine-diphenoxylate • atropine-edrophonium • hyoscyamine • belladonna • hyoscyamine/methenam/m-blue/phenyl salicyl • belladonna/caffeine/ergotamine/pentobarbital • hyoscyamine-phenobarbital Skeletal muscle relaxants • ASA/caffeine/ • aspirin- • (includes combination drugs) • ASA//codeine • carisoprodol • methocarbamol • aspirin-carisoprodol • • orphenadrine • aspirin-meprobamate • Oral estrogens (includes • conjugated estrogen • esterified estrogen • estropipate combination drugs) • conjugated estrogen- • esterified estrogen- medroxyprogesterone methyltestosterone Oral hypoglycemics • Narcotics (includes • ASA/caffeine/propoxyphene • meperidine-promethazine combination drugs) • acetaminophen- • -pentazocine • acetaminophen-propoxyphene • pentazocine • belladonna- • propoxyphene hydrochloride • meperidine • propoxyphene napsylate • cyclandelate • ergot mesyloid Vasodilators • dipyridamole—short-acting only • Others (including androgens • methyltestosterone • nitrofurantoin macrocrystals- and anabolic steroids, thyroid • nitrofurantoin monohydrate drugs, urinary anti-infectives) • nitrofurantoin macrocrystals • thyroid desiccated