The authors report the case of a 78-year-old woman who had recurrent, unexplained falls. No witness account of these episodes was available. During head-up tilt testing, the patient had vasodepressor vasovagal syncope. Afterwards, she had amnesia from loss of consciousness. Her symptoms (falls) responded to the withdrawal of culprit medications.
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