[HN Gopher] Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursi...
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       Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes
        
       Author : woodruffw
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-09-11 21:00 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | heavyset_go wrote:
       | Antipsychotics are not something to be handed out like candy.
       | They have serious, sometimes permanent and sometimes fatal, side
       | effects in anyone of any age. The article notes how that class of
       | medication increases mortality in elderly people in particular.
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       | The fact that some people were prescribed haloperidol as the
       | first line of treatment instead of a newer, safer antipsychotics
       | also blows my mind.
       | 
       | I'm terrified of growing old in this country.
        
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