Community Pharmacy promoting appropriate sedative use in Aged Care: the ‘RedUSe’ project
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Expansion of the reducing use of sedatives (RedUSe) project to Australian nursing homes
Background Psychotropic medications work on the brain to affect mental function and behaviour. For over 20 years, concern has been raised over the overuse of psychotropic medication, particularly antipsychotics and benzodiazepines (‘sedatives’) in nursing homes. The Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) project was developed as a multistrategic, interdisciplinary initiative aimed to promote the qu...
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