Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... drugs . Whilst allopathic drugs have always been potentially poisonous , their iatrogenic effects have increased with their complexity and widespread use . People suffer because they take the wrong drug , or too much of it , or in ...
... drugs . Whilst allopathic drugs have always been potentially poisonous , their iatrogenic effects have increased with their complexity and widespread use . People suffer because they take the wrong drug , or too much of it , or in ...
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... drugs are progressively reduced in proportion to the increasing serious of the illness . This , too , often makes older people more likely to be prescribed powerful , toxic drugs in response to declining health , their side - effects ...
... drugs are progressively reduced in proportion to the increasing serious of the illness . This , too , often makes older people more likely to be prescribed powerful , toxic drugs in response to declining health , their side - effects ...
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... drugs that are prescribed to deal with their depression . There is now considerble evidence that confusion results from medication for other ailments , with many drugs known to cause confusional states . Older people tend to take more drugs ...
... drugs that are prescribed to deal with their depression . There is now considerble evidence that confusion results from medication for other ailments , with many drugs known to cause confusional states . Older people tend to take more drugs ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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