Pharmalot
By Ed Silverman
Earlier this summer, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration reviewed new guidelines on paying for antipsychotic drugs for children. This came after newspaper stories detailed that the number of kids in the program prescribed the meds had nearly doubled between 2000 and 2006. however, the most common primary diagnosis was ADHD, an [...]
September 9, 2008
Florida Legislator Questions Antipsychotic Spending
September 9, 2008
Half of nursing home residents wrongly drugged
The Daily Telegraph
London, England
By Kate Devlin – Medical Correspondent
Experts who looked at 22 nursing homes found 51 per cent of residents were being inappropriately given drugs, including anti-psychotics, antidepressants and painkillers.
More than 420,000 people live in care and nursing homes in Britain, of which around 405,000 are elderly.
Previous estimates have suggested that 100,000 residents, suffering [...]
