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Seniors and Drugs: Prescribed to Death
CBC investigated the drugs that as many as 1.5 million Canadian seniors are taking. These drugs, such as Ativan and Amiodarone, have been found to be dangerous for seniors. These drugs are listed on a peer-reviewed list called BEERS in the U.S., but not in Canada. The major finding of this investigation was that one out of twenty deaths among seniors that were ascribed to adverse drug reactions involved a drug on the BEERS list.
Tags: Health; Canada; BEERS; benzodiazepines; antiarrhythmic agents; prescription drugs; geriatrics
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Warehousing the Mentally Ill
The State of Illinois is using geriatric nursing homes as dumping grounds for thousands of able-bodied mentally ill citizens as young as 20 years old, some with histories of uncontrollable violence. The Tribune's investigation found that state officials have manipulated patient files to hide the number of mentally ill patients in nursing homes in order to collect an extra $50 million in Medicaid.
Tags: Schizophrenia
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Geriatric Park
New Times (Phoenix, Ariz.) reveals how the Maricopa County Probate Court routinely rips off elderly victims and their heirs millions of dollars by rubberstamping the expense requests of prominent attorneys, Sept. 8, 1993.
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Arizona Republic series discloses nearly 2 million elderly are killed or disabled each year by reactions to prescription drugs, often pushed on them by profit-hungry manufacturers and undertrained physicians; some have even been used as unwitting guinea pigs in experiments on new drugs, June 26 - July 2, 1988.