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Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them.
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage their use.
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Potent sedating medications are frequently administered to agitated dementia patients in long-term care facilities, even though federal initiatives aim to curb such use. A dispute over drugging a Michigan woman highlights the difficult choices families and guardians must make regarding these treatments.
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