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Ken Becker wrote: > > Naomi, the one good thing the NH did for dad, was to cut back the Sinimet, > which helped reduce the halucinations. As a non-medical person, my > inclination is to take the minimum dose of any medicine, just in case it > turns out to have side effects. Ken B Naomi, Ken, and others: Ken is correct. One of the aims of having a Pharmacist review the charts of all nursing home patients at least once each month is to try and reduce medications to the least effective dose. this can be accomplished better in the NH setting because the nurses and Aids can moniter the patient better than at home. Doctors tend to believe the nurses reports more than they do the family. (This is not as it should be but is usually true) Jerry Starr, RPh