Monday, November 16, 2009

Dementia drug use 'killing many'

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"Needless use of anti-psychotic drugs is widespread in dementia care and contributes to the death of many patients, an official review suggests.

About 180,000 patients a year are given the drugs in care homes, hospitals and their own homes to manage aggression.

But the expert review - commissioned by ministers - said the treatment was unnecessary in nearly 150,000 cases and was linked to 1,800 deaths.

The government in England has agreed to take steps to reduce use of the drugs."
Just wait until they find out more about the IMHO malpractice known as diet drugs.

Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

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