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Nursing Home Prescribing Remains A Cause For Concern

September 9, 2008 Filed Under: Nursing home

Research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester has shown that 51% of nursing home patients are taking inappropriate psychoactive drugs. A separate study at BPC describes how inappropriate prescribing of psychoactive drugs may be influenced by organisational and/or treatment culture. Historically, psychotropic medications have been used in nursing homes to sedate the... 

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