by Jana Panarites | Jan 30, 2020 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
In the last two decades the number of people age 65 or older who are taking five or more medications has increased 300 percent. A problem that is much bigger than America’s opioid crisis, the scope and impact of over-prescribing in older adults is detailed in...
by Jana Panarites | Apr 11, 2019 | Podcasts |
UPDATE: Shannon Brownlee stepped down from her leadership role at the Lown Institute as of April 1, 2021. We hear a lot about how the opioid crisis is destroying families and communities. But the scope and impact of medication overload is much bigger: in the last two...