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Drugs and Dementia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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While there are some FDA-approved medications for dementia, more individuals living with dementia are actually prescribed psychotropic medications. In this episode, Donovan introduces Matt to the concept of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which are just as much part of dementia as the memory loss—and are probably a big reason for all this other prescribing.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Related Links:
- CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
- Article discussed in this episode: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7435346/ Maust DT, Strominger J, Bynum JPW, et al. Prevalence of Psychotropic and Opioid Prescription Fills Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia in the US. JAMA. 2020;324(7):706–708. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.8519
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