... that there is no single solution. Among the partial ones: prescription drug monitoring programs, an approach ... have been dispensed to patients. A new analysis shows that prescription drug monitoring programs...
... need to pay special attention to polypharmacy, or multiple drugs taken at once, when prescribing psychotropic drugs in this population, because so many older adults are ...
... opioids also fill prescriptions for benzodiazepines. Both drugs have sedative effects. "Patients who must be prescribed ... of simply reducing the length of time patients use both drugs ." Hernandez...