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Overmedicating the Elderly – the new Epidemic Part 2

By on December 27, 2013

Excess or inappropriate medication, or mixing medications, can have serious complications. From 2007 to 2009, there were an estimated 99,628 emergency hospitalizations annually for adverse drug events in individuals 65 years and older. The Institute of Medicine estimates that medication-related

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