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Standard Treatment for Noncompliant Elderly Increases Death 60-70%
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'The elderly who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and are not
compliant, especially those in nursing homes, are now routinely given
antipsychotic drugs. One in three nursing home patients diagnosed with
dementia are drugged. Their rate of death is increased by 60-70%.
Who says antipsychotics increase the death rate so much? The FDA! In a 2005 warning, “Public Health Advisory: Deaths with Antipsychotics in Elderly Patients with Behavioral Disturbances”
and in 2008 with the equivalent warning regarding older “typical”
antipsychotics, the FDA warned that antipsychotics increase the rate of
death by 60-70%. As many as one in three nursing home residents are
given these drugs.'
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