Functional Decline Linked To Dual Treatment Of Incontinence And Dementia
May 15th 2008Drug InformationCaregivers
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.”It is likely that the oppositional effects of the drugs contributed to the accelerated decline,” said Kaycee M. Sink, M.D., M.A.S., lead author.
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