Nursing Homes, Big Pharma Overmedicating Seniors

Nursing homes are treating dementia sufferers with powerful antipsychotics despite FDA advice to the contrary, according to a Health and Human Services report spotted by Pro Publica . The FDA began requiring antipsychotics to carry warning labels in 2005 stating the increased death risk they pose for dementia patients. But 88%…

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Nursing Homes, Big Pharma Overmedicating Seniors

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