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The FDA says antipsychotic medications heighten the risk of death in older people with dementia. So why are they used so often in memory care facilities?
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Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them. - KFF Health News
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage their use. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman ...