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AARP NH – Have You Given Your Medicines a Check-Up Lately?

October 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

AARP and Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences offer free “brown bag” medication reviews.

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Can anyony advise their experence with the drug, " Risperdal (Risperdone)

October 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

My mother is taking the drug, Risperdal.

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Your Overmedicated Parent

December 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Recently, a story was published on MSNBC about the effects of overmedication in older adults. Polypharmacy, as it is called, is the use of multiple medications.  Sometimes it’s a difficult condition to assess because doctors may attribute any abnormal or change in behavior as a normal effect of the illness the medications are used for. … [Continue Reading]

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