Nursing homes poisoning Our Elderly

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Nursing Homes Poisoning Our Elderly

 

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Byron Richards,

CCN

 

A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that

even a single dose of

 

antipsychotic medication doubles the risk of a serious adverse event

leading to hospitalization and/or death. These drugs are widely

used as behavior management in nursing homes, have no FDA approval for

this use, and are clearly very unsafe.

The inhumane treatment of older Americans must stop. Entering a

nursing home is now like entering a psych ward. Doctors hand out

powerful antipsychotic medications in an effort to suppress symptoms of

agitation or restless legs, often associated with dementia or the simple

life-transforming event of being admitted to a nursing home. These

extremely expensive medications are being paid for by Medicare – so Big

Pharma has identified the elderly as a lucrative target market (they are

also attacking the

 

brains of our children in a similar manner).

This use of these dangerous drugs is all done off label as a result of a

massive illegal promotion by Big Pharma. Where is the FDA when they

are needed? Where is Congress? Big Pharma has reached a new

low – poisoning those who have little ability to defend themselves.

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Another case of corporate consolidation and overregulation where the people writing the regulations are the large corporations/big pharma in bed with the politicians and they turn around and buy up these small nursing homes and turn them into money mills. And they fleece the system from both ends: medicaid, ect... and prescription drugs. Forget the fact that our elderly are a rich source of knowledge. To these folks they're just a way to maximize profit. But when you take government out of the picture humanity comes back into the scenario.

 

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Hanneke

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:42 PM

Nursing homes poisoning Our Elderly

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Nursing Homes Poisoning Our Elderly

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Byron Richards, CCNA new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that even a single dose of antipsychotic medication doubles the risk of a serious adverse event leading to hospitalization and/or death. These drugs are widely used as behavior management in nursing homes, have no FDA approval for this use, and are clearly very unsafe. The inhumane treatment of older Americans must stop. Entering a nursing home is now like entering a psych ward. Doctors hand out powerful antipsychotic medications in an effort to suppress symptoms of agitation or restless legs, often associated with dementia or the simple life-transforming event of being admitted to a nursing home. These extremely expensive medications are being paid for by Medicare – so Big Pharma has identified the elderly as a lucrative target market (they are also attacking the brains of our children in a similar manner). This use of these dangerous drugs is all done off label as a result of a massive illegal promotion by Big Pharma. Where is the FDA when they are needed? Where is Congress? Big Pharma has reached a new low – poisoning those who have little ability to defend themselves.