Medications Effect Energy
Some Medications Decrease Energy
Some medications or combinations of medications can decrease energy. In her bestseller Another Country, Mary Pipher describes a daughter who has traveled over a thousand miles to visit her mother in the hospital. She finds her mother acting very strangely and the hospital personnel are about to place her in the Alzheimer's wing. The young woman pulls together a list of all of the medications her mother brought with her and is taking in the hospital. She then discusses this list with her mother's doctor.
Within a few days, her mother is back to normal and able to communicate fully with everyone because changes were made in her medication. It seems that new medications given to her in the hospital were conflicting with the ones that she brought from home.
If an elderly person seems to have low energy and behaves confused, the first stop should be a review of all medications.
Why Medications Have Different Results For Older People...The answer makes sense
Three Universities have joined together to prepare a useful article on the physical changes in older people that influence the effect of various medications. Oregon State, Washington State and the University of Idaho offer an easy to read explanation that includes ways to use medications safely in later life. >>Download
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