Medication fog can mimic or worsen dementia in the elderly

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Medication fog can mimic or worsen dementia in the elderly
This photo provided by Dr. Elana Shpall in February 2020 shows her artwork made from prescription medication tablets, capsules and pills. About 91% of people over 65 take at least one prescription medicine and 41% use five or more—what doctors call polypharmacy. The risk of side effects or interactions rises as the pill burden does, and one doctor often is unaware of what others have already prescribed for the same patient. Shpall’s inspriation for the “deprescription mosaic” came as she was taking pills out of the medisets of older adults to reduce polypharmacy. (Elana Shpall/Ria Burman/elanashpall.com via AP)

Claire Dinneen’s daughters thought that worsening dementia was causing her growing confusion, but her doctor suspected something else.

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