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Seniors and overmedication - a common problem, and often tragically avoidable
2008-05-30
It's easy for someone to have drug interactions when they are taking a lot of meds.
Like, wow, man! Check the drug inneactions!
Check out this CNN article with some links you might find useful to find out if some drugs are bad for seniors, or which drugs don't play well with others.
Heh heh! And some play just fabberlous!
One of many possible schenarios is that you might confuse some of these interactions with dementia and make some choices you wouldn't make otherwise.
"Honest, yer honor! It wuz the drug inneractions! Otherwise I'da never stole her bikini top!"
Of course, as always, do your due diligence, consider and implement any change very carefully, and seek professional advice, monitoring, and second opinions. And if anyone asks, I had nothing to do with this! ;-)
Posted by:gorb

#1  From the article: any new symptom in an older person should be considered a drug side effect until proven otherwise. I applied this principle to any of my patients on medications, just so that I would think of the possibility first.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2008-05-30 11:34  

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