what causes dizziness in older people
Sixty-two percent of the patients. were assigned more than 1 contributory cause of dizziness. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to most previous studies, cardiovascular disease was. found to be the most common major cause of dizziness in elderly patients in pri-. mary care. In one-quarter of all patients an adverse drug effect was considered. to be a contributory cause of dizziness, which is much higher than reported in. previous studies.