Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba A16 Winnipeg free january 1994 seniors mix my says by Karina Byrne Thomson news service Ottawa nearly half of Canadian seniors who take More than one prescribed medication Are using them incur and they need to know that take As directed Means what it says an Ottawa Campbell Lamont has com piled statistic after statistic to show that misuse and mixing of prescription As Well As Over medical Are common problems among the 11 per cent of canadians who Are age 65 or and after four years As chairman of a Pilot project with the Council on aging of Lamont says that aggressive education pro Grams Are the Best help for their physicians and when older patients miss a dose of or share their prescriptions with friends who com Plain of similar they Are heading for Adverse la Mont said in an interview this while numbers vary on seniors and drug Lamont cited a study that found 44 per cent of seniors misuse their medication and 15 per cent of those misuse them frequently or to a High incorrect dosage Twenty three per cent of older adults on prescribed medication experienced at least one Adverse effect from taking the incorrect Dos age or mixing their Medicine with other cold laxatives or Lamont and of the seniors admitted into the nations hospitals each about 20 per cent suffer from reactions to mixing Medicine education projects for seniors Are widespread across the says Barry Hynman of Tor onto addiction research found Hynman recently completed a review of campaigns designed to teach seniors and the people who care for them about the chemical properties of common drugs in a seniors Medicine the most common drugs to be misused Are sleeping pills and Tran says Diane senior policy analyst with the Addic Tion research older women tend to become More dependent on sleep aids and mood altering medications like valium than their male but older men tend to overindulge with alcohol More than senior Wom she but telling patients about the dam aging reactions of mixing medications is a not a to the problem of drug misuse among Riley a better Way to get the message through is to change How most people think about drug patients come to expect that always get a drug to solve their said but this is More than a medical is its we bring people up to expect that a drug is going to be the cure for but it May actually be contributing to the prob watch out for warning signals Thomson news service Toronto Here Are some of the warning signals that or someone you could be at risk or prescription drugs q mental not As Alert As q crying fainting and ringing in the q Lack of q impotence in Lack of sexual interest q difficulty stopping a prescription drug even when a doctor advises q forgetting to take a drug As then doubling up q not accepting that there is not a Pill for every q going to More than one doctor for be wary of taking overt counter medicines in combination with prescription overt counter diet laxatives and extra strength headache pills containing codeine and cause problems on their More so if mixed with prescription these Points Are culled from interviews with various plus information from the addiction research foundation and government love seats sectionals every one on Sale in dinettes dining room suites every one on Sale bedding bed rooms every one on Sale occasional chairs recliners one every on s alb lamps pictures every one on Sale Wall units sleepers everyone m m it Titi my 28 m Misfel 1 in afe take medication to doctors office for an assessment Thomson news service Toronto Here Are Steps you can take if you suspect that or someone you is having a problem with prescription drugs q gather together All medication be ing including overt counter and take them to your doctor for q if a number of drugs Are set up a dosage schedule containers for drugs to be taken 7 5 and 10 and Mark the number of Days on a ask your doctor to Check q if you or someone close to you tends to forget when to take the medi have someone q get rid of outdated q if you have been taking prescription drugs fora Long period of time for chronic pain or explore with your doctor potential no drug treatment q if you or your doctor feel you May be developing a dependency on prescription see if there is a local chapter of narcotics Anonymous or Nar Canon in your these Points Are culled from interviews with various plus information from the Addic Tion research government studies and other shoppers drug Mart correction re january circular 27 2 the Neu Rogena norwegian formula hand Cream should read 50 we apologize for any inconvenience this error May cause our where Jour bathroom renovating o or building r Many designer suites Ondis Plau addendum to the notice of partial redemption for sinking fund purposes Pacific Centre limited 8 first mortgage sinking fund Bonds series c due february be that All references to february should be amended to read february correction re Sears warehouse Sale flyer 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