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I was responding to the poster who said she took 17 meds. Read their post.source for 17 MEDICATIONS DAILY, PLEASE. BEFORE this becomes another "FACT".
By the way, this is way too common. I worked in an assisted living center and saw it myself. Here’s how it goes, at any age. You are prescribed a medication and you have side affects. Then the doctor will give you a medication for the side affects which produce more side affects and so on. It’s especially dangerous if an elderly person sees more than one doctor which is also common. Doctors generally don’t do research. The pharmaceutical rep tells them what to prescribe based on the latest meds. The AMA follows along. I know this to be true as I also worked for a doctor. I’m elderly and I am my own advocate. I will not take a pill without researching interactions and side affects.