Relatively low-cost quality improvement measures such as updated order sets and making cetirizine easier to access can substantially shift prescribing patterns.

Older patients who are prescribed higher amounts of first-generation antihistamines such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) were more likely to experience delirium in the hospital, according to an October ...

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribed first-generation antihistamines in the hospital were more likely to experience delirium, a cross-sectional study suggested. Aaron Drucker, MD ...

An analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that older inpatients admitted to physicians who prescribe higher amounts of first-generation antihistamines face an elevated risk ...