Rezende, Cristiane de PaulaGaede Carrillo, Maria Ruth GonçalvesSebastião, Elza Conceição de Oliveira2015-11-242015-11-242012REZENDE, C. de P.; GAEDE-CARRILLO, M. R. G.; SEBASTIÃO, E. C. de O. Queda entre idosos no Brasil e sua relação com o uso de medicamentos: revisão sistemática. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, v. 28, n. 12, p. 2223-2235, dez. 2012. Disponível em: <http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/csp/v28n12/02.pdf>. Acesso em: 21 out. 2015http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/5811Falls in the elderly, often classified as accidental, are frequently related to medication, generally involving poor prognosis and thus becoming a public health issue. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify published Brazilian studies on medication as a risk factor for falls or fall-related fractures in the elderly. The search covered the LILACS, PubMed, and SciELO indexes using the descriptors falls, elderly, and pharmaceutical preparations/medications/medicines/ drugs or specific drug classes. A total of 340 articles presented data on prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with medication and falls or fall-related fractures, but only 6 pharmacoepidemiological studies were examined because they were conducted specifically in Brazilian samples. The main drug classes associated with increased risk of falls: antidepressants, sedatives, anxiolytics, and diuretics. The promotion of rational drug use in geriatrics requires well-designed studies to produce robust scientific data.pt-BRAccidental fallsAgedDrug utilizationArtigo publicado em periodicoTodo o conteúdo do periódico Cadernos de Saúde Publica, exceto onde identificado, está sob uma licença Creative Commons que permite copiar, distribuir e transmitir o trabalho em qualquer suporte ou formato desde que sejam citados o autor e licenciante. Não permite o uso para fins comerciais. Fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Publica <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0102-311X&lng=en&nrm=iso>. Acesso em: 16 ago. 2019.http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2012001400002