“Much of this sex difference stemmed from women’s increased odds of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions for benzodiazepines and other hypnotics, for tertiary tricyclic antidepressants, and for non-selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.” This statement was in the article below.
http://www.managedhealthcareconnect.com/article/older-women-overprescribed-prescription-more-often-men