Drug Abuse in Nursing Homes: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 131 pages |
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... potential side effects and dangers associated with its use . Obviously , the use of medications is a serious matter and must be monitored carefully . Senior citizens must carefully watch their use of drugs . The average senior takes ...
... potential side effects and dangers associated with its use . Obviously , the use of medications is a serious matter and must be monitored carefully . Senior citizens must carefully watch their use of drugs . The average senior takes ...
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... potential to cure also have the potential to harm when self - pre- scribed or prescribed in the wrong combination or dosage . In the community the responsibility for the proper application of medications lies both with the elderly ...
... potential to cure also have the potential to harm when self - pre- scribed or prescribed in the wrong combination or dosage . In the community the responsibility for the proper application of medications lies both with the elderly ...
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... potential of incompatible drug combination . Drug interaction and individual meta- bolic changes in older persons , if not taken into account in dosage recommendation can lead to over - medication , sometimes the extent that the older ...
... potential of incompatible drug combination . Drug interaction and individual meta- bolic changes in older persons , if not taken into account in dosage recommendation can lead to over - medication , sometimes the extent that the older ...
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... POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Pharmacists making medication reviews at many of the homes GAO visited were associated with the retail pharmacies which filled prescrip- tions for the patients , creating a potential conflict of interest ...
... POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Pharmacists making medication reviews at many of the homes GAO visited were associated with the retail pharmacies which filled prescrip- tions for the patients , creating a potential conflict of interest ...
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... potential conflicts of interest from becoming a reality . GAO continues to believe that drug vending and medication reviews should be separated whenever feasible to re- move financial disincentives for medication reviewers who also sell ...
... potential conflicts of interest from becoming a reality . GAO continues to believe that drug vending and medication reviews should be separated whenever feasible to re- move financial disincentives for medication reviewers who also sell ...
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Page 106 - Association at the request of the subcommittee to discuss the professional functions which pharmacists perform in providing pharmaceutical service to long-term care facilities. The American Pharmaceutical Association is the national professional society of pharmacists in the United States.
Page 129 - ... interpersonal. The chairman concluded the workshop meeting with these remarks: During the last fifteen years, drugs have been given to a large portion of psychiatric patients with little thought of what the risks are. The films of this workshop have shown a number of fairly severe cases of dyskinesia. But many such cases can be seen if one takes the trouble of walking through the wards of mental hospitals. I feel that we should revise our therapeutic approach with drugs as the risk seems to be...
Page 4 - Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome you to the hearing of the Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests of the House Select Committee on Aging.
Page 117 - For the beleaguered nurse's aide tranquilizers are a happy solution. If patients are sedated, they cause the staff few problems. The administrator is happy, too, because bed-bound patients bring the highest rate of reimbursement.
Page 117 - Nursing Home Care In The United States: Failure In Public Policy, is an introductory report prepared by the Subcommittee on Long-Term Care of the Special Committee on Aging of the US Senate.
Page 43 - Contraindications. Under this section heading, the labeling shall describe those situations in which the drug should not be used because the risk of use clearly outweighs any possible benefit.
Page 116 - ... constitute an interlocking economic, scientific, professional, and educational network. Unfortunately, the symbiotic relationship between these two groups has consequences that do not always parallel the public interest and indeed may impede a rational understanding of the functions and uses of drugs. It is in the interest of both of these groups to maintain large numbers of persons on drugs, and it is especially important for the manufacturers to recruit new groups to drug use and to find new...
Page 116 - ... individual, the community and society. A. major element making for increased drug use is the close relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession. Together they constitute an interlocking economic and professional network. It is important for the manufacturers of drugs to recruit new groups to drug use and to find new uses for their product. It is easier to expand the areas of application of psychological drugs (through intensive promotion) than for any other class...
Page 130 - ... 1967, there was a considerable body of evidence to indicate that tardive dyskinesia was caused by neuroleptics, that it occurred in at least 5 percent of patients exposed to drugs for several years, and that it could be observed in young adults as well as elderly patients, regardless of diagnosis. Five years later, many physicians are still unaware of this problem or seem to be completely unconcerned about it...
Page 57 - Stasse, on behalf of the Association I would like to thank you for your presentation of this paper.