December 30, 2014
Blurb
Doctors often prescribe potentially disabling tranquilizers to older Americans, particularly women, a new study shows.
Nearly 12 percent of 80-year-old women in 2008 used benzodiazepines, a class of sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs that the American Geriatrics Society says should generally be avoided in the elderly, U.S. pharmacy data revealed.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-elderly-sedatives-idUSKBN0K...
Nearly 12 percent of 80-year-old women in 2008 used benzodiazepines, a class of sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs that the American Geriatrics Society says should generally be avoided in the elderly, U.S. pharmacy data revealed.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-elderly-sedatives-idUSKBN0K...