Reduce drug use in nursing home patients with dementia, feds say
Health officials believe that too many patients with dementia are being given antipsychotics in an "off-label" use to control behavior instead of treating their dementia symptoms through non-pharmacologic therapy. Prescribing antipsychotics – approved …
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Drug users call for humane rehabilitation services
Demanding that the Government lay down standards for evidence-based, voluntary treatment for drug dependence, monitor centres that offer such treatment and increase the number of government facilities to manage drug addiction, several organisations …
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