Zyprexa

I worry that his pills are hurting more than helping.

It's hardly any wonder your husband feels like a zombie.

Combining a sedative like diazepam (Valium) with an anti-psychotic such as Such a combination could also increase his risk of a fall.

As people age, they become more susceptible to some drug side effects.

Forgetfulness and dizziness can wreck quality of life.

Please ask his doctor to review your husband's medications.

We are sending you our "Guide to Drugs and Older People." It lists medicines that may cause mental impairment and drugs that may be inappropriate for senior citizens, and it also includes a drug safety checklist.

Anyone who would like a copy, please send $2 in check or money order with a long (No.

10), stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No.

O-85, P.O.

Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.

Pain relievers Q.

My cardiologist tells me I must take aspirin for the rest of my life to prevent a heart attack or stroke.

He said to avoid ibuprofen and naproxen for pain relief.

Why?

Pain relievers like ibuprofen and naproxen may interfere with the anti-clotting action of aspirin (New England Journal of Medicine, Dec.

1).

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Overall, the conventional group had a 37 percent greater risk of death than the atypical drug group; risk was highest right after treatment started and for those taking higher doses.

Whether people had dementia or lived in a nursing home did not alter the risk.

WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE FINDINGS?

Older people.

CAVEATS The FDA concluded that atypical antipsychotics increase the risk of death by 65 percent, compared with taking a placebo.

Based on that, the current study suggests that conventional drugs roughly double a person's risk of dying, according to the authors.

The study did not reveal causes of death, nor did it determine how or why antipsychotics affect mortality risk.

FIND THIS STUDY Dec.

1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine; abstract available online at www.nejm.org.

LEARN MORE ABOUT antipsychotics at www.intelihealth.com (search for "antipsychotic drugs" in quotation marks) and www.nimh.nih.gov.

The research described in Quick Study comes from credible, peer-reviewed journals.

Nonetheless, conclusive evidence about a treatment's effectiveness is rarely found in a single study.

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Lilly is attributing it success to independence, innovation and partnering in today's turbulent business climate.Arxxant, a drug to prevent blindness caused by diabetes goes to regulators in February, prasugrel a blood thinner should be submitted in 2007.

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