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Medications

Participants' current prescription medications, vitamins, supplements, and over-the-counter remedies and medicines documented at interview via direct visual inspection of all containers.

Note: Medications listed below (e.g., analgesic, antibiotic) are major categories of medications. Variables listed under subcategories are subgroups of drugs within the major categories. These subgroups may be categorized under multiple major categories.

Analgesic Analgesic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Antibiotic Antibiotic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Anticholinergic Anticholinergic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Antihypertensive/diuretic All antihypertensive/diuretic usage in last 2 weeks
Antineoplastic Antineoplastic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Cardiac Cardiac medication usage in last 2 weeks
Dermatologic Dermatologic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Dental Dental treatment medication usage in last 2 weeks
Endocrine Endocrine medication usage in last 2 weeks
Gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal medication usage in last 2 weeks
Hematologic Hematologic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Lipid-lowering Lipid-lowering medication usage in last 2 weeks
Mental health Mental health medication usage in last 2 weeks
Musculoskeletal Musculoskeletal medication usage in last 2 weeks
Neurologic Neurologic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Ophthalmic Ophthalmic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Platelet inhibitor Platelet inhibitor medication usage in last 2 weeks
Respiratory Respiratory medication usage in last 2 weeks
Supplements Supplement usage in last 2 weeks
Urinary Urinary condition medication usage in last 2 weeks

Subcategories

Antihypertensive medications

Medications used to treat hypertension

Antihypertensive Antihypertensive medication usage in last 2 weeks
ACE inhibitors ACE inhibitor usage in last 2 weeks
Angiotensin II receptor blockers Angiotensin II receptor blocker usage in last 2 weeks
Antiadrenergics Antiadrenergic usage in last 2 weeks
Beta blocker medications Beta blocker medication usage in last 2 weeks
Calcium chanel blocker medications Calcium channel blocker medication usage in last 2 weeks
Direct renin inhibitor medications Direct renin inhibitor medication usage in last 2 weeks
Other antihypertensive medications Other antihypertensive medication usage in last 2 weeks
Diuretic medications Diuretic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Pure diuretic medications Pure diuretic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Combination diuretic/hypertension medications Combination diuretic/hypertension medication usage in last 2 weeks

Cardiac medications

Medications used to treat cardiac disorders

Antianginal medications Antianginal medication usage in last 2 weeks
Antiarrhythmic medications Antiarrhythmic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Cardiac glycoside medications Cardiac glycoside medication usage in last 2 weeks

Endocrine medications

Medications used to treat endocrine disorders

Diabetes medications Diabetes medication usage in last 2 weeks
Estrogen medications Estrogen medication usage in last 2 weeks

Lipid-lowering medications

Medications used to treat high cholesterol

Lipid-lowering nonstatins Lipid-lowering nonstatin usage in last 2 weeks
Statin medications Statin medication usage in last 2 weeks

Mental health medications

Medications used to treat mental health disorders

Anti-anxiety medications Anti-anxiety medication usage in last 2 weeks
Antimanic medications Antimanic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Antipsychotic medications Antipsychotic medication usage in last 2 weeks
Depression medications Depression medication usage in last 2 weeks
Insomnia medications Insomnia medication usage in last 2 weeks
Tricyclic agents Tricyclic agent usage in last 2 weeks

Neurologic medications

Medications used to treat neurologic disorders

Alzheimer's disease medications Alzheimer's disease medication usage in last 2 weeks
Anticonvulsant medications Anticonvulsant usage in last 2 weeks
Parkinson's disease medications Parkinson's disease medication usage in last 2 weeks