Posts tagged as overmedicating

Posted on June 24, 2008 in Blog by MeganNo Comments »

Ramona Lamascola thought she was losing her eighty-eight-year-old mother, Theresa to dementia. Instead, she was losing her to overmedication.
Last fall, Theresa Lamascola was suffering from anxiety and confusion. She was then put on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. When Theresa started having trouble walking, she was admitted to a nursing home facility, but [...]