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By Dr. Gene Dorio
We expect age to diminish health, but who would have thought the overuse of medication might be just as detrimental?
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Death from the opioid crisis dominates the news, but for decades elder senior “polypharmacy” has resulted in daily overdoses from legitimate prescriptions written by physicians.
Here is what seniors can do:
– Yearly, devote the entirety of one primary care doctor visit going over medication;
– Bring to that visit all prescription and OTC drugs, eye drops, skin creams, and supplements;
– Clean out your medicine chest and dispose of expired drugs;
– Keep an updated list of all medication, and what they are for;
– Learn to use a computer to research side effects and interactions;
– Know your body and take notes of possible physical and mental side effects especially when starting a prescription; caregivers be mindful of any changes;
– Start at the lowest dose when beginning a medication;
– Make sure ALL your doctors are informed when a new medication is prescribed;
– Work with your physician to eliminate drugs when they are duplicating a use, have too many side effects or interactions, or nowadays even cost too much.
Grandma should never be a victim of overdosing.
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
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Medications should be used to CURE sickness but most of them just mask symptoms. If you are not CURED then why would you continue to poison your body?
There was a story a while back on The Hometown Station about a sick little girl. Doctors tried everything to find out what was wrong with her but couldn’t figure it out. This left the family with huge medical bills. The family reached out to this valley for money to help pay their bills. They asked if anyone can help their little girl. I called, I spiked to the Mom. I’m a natural healer, I want to help. The family only believes in Western medicine. They will go back to them hoping for a cure. It will be the same as before, And the bills will still pile up. Does any of this make sense? There’s a quote that says, the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. This time Santa Clarita Valley, don’t pay their bills. Why doesn’t the doctors turn them away? The money.