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Seniors with memory issues take multiple meds, but most are willing to cut down

Some 58% of seniors with probable or possible dementia had otherwise good to excellent health, yet more than half of the total took six or more regular medications—a habit that may, at best, strain insurance costs and budgets, and at worst may result in adverse drug interactions and poor outcomes, and even exacerbate cognitive symptoms.

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