%0 Journal Article
%T Association of baclofen with falls and fractures in patients with CKD
%J American journal of kidney diseases
%D 2021
%A Muanda, Flory T.
%A Blake, Peter G.
%A Weir, Matthew A.
%A Bathini, Lavanya
%A Chauvin, Kianna
%A Dixon, Stephanie N.
%A McArthur, Eric
%A Sontrop, Jessica M.
%A Moist, Louise
%A Kim, Richard B.
%A Garg, Amit X.
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X Baclofen is a popular muscle relaxant that is eliminated primarily unchanged in the urine. We recently reported a higher risk of encephalopathy in a cohort of 15,942 older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who started baclofen at ≥20 mg/day vs. <20 mg/day; a higher risk was also observed in all baclofen users vs. non-users. In another study of patients receiving dialysis, 1 in 14 were hospitalized with encephalopathy within 3 days of starting baclofen...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1523-6838
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.12.017