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Category Archives: falls
Inattention to Drug Safety in the Elderly
Leaves Generations At Risk
This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in Scientific American’s guest blog on June 30, 2011. My frail, 92-year-old mother was prescribed 80 mg of the cholesterol-lowering drug, or statin, simvastatin (Zocor) for years, possibly decades. She fell … Continue reading
Posted in aging, drug safety, falls
Tagged cholesterol, CMS, FDA, HEDIS, pay-for-performance, postmarketing surveillance, simvastatin
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Preventing Falls in Hotel Bathtubs
I wouldn’t have considered posting this, except that I am in the WordCount Blogathon and don’t want to miss a day. I fell in a hotel bathtub in a “boutique luxury” hotel this morning, arrive late to a meeting, and … Continue reading