DO YOU KNOW THAT TOO MUCH DRUGS FOR THE ELDERLY IS DANGEROUS?

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An elderly person is a person of sixty five years and above. (lawinsider.com) 65 years and above is used not because the person can no longer function physically, psychologically or socially, but because it is the retirement age.

This means that as retirement sets in, there will be a gradual decline in healthy functioning which occurs in an organism and which ultimately leads to death. This decline in functioning affects all the systems in the person’s body.

 The organs in the body concerned with the metabolism, detoxification and excretion of drugs are the kidneys and the liver which equally gradually declines with ageing. So loading these organs with lots of drugs during old age is more like stressing them, and when they get to their stress limit, they will instantly short down.

A woman at about 80 years of age was brought into the hospital, very weak, jittery and with complaint of not having been able to eat, urinate, communicate and even to talk was a problem. The doctor assessed her and found out that she was suffering from drug toxicity. The relatives denied buying her drugs of any sort except for the fact of giving her different supplements. They were asked to bring these  supplements and behold,  a nylon bag full of different types of drugs was brought out. So many  same class of drugs with different brand names were brought out  from the bag, all in the name of supplements sent down to them by the daughter Abroad, and she was been loaded with these drugs, what a pity!!

FROM THE GOOD NURSE TABLE

· My brethren, taking care of the aged is not about giving them excessive drugs that we do not know what they cure or take care of in the name of supplements. Remember these supplements are drugs also, and are being metabolized, detoxified and excreted by the liver and kidneys.

· If they are sick, bringing them early to the hospital for proper management and follow up will be the best.

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