Inappropriate Prescribing of Transdermal Fentanyl in Opioid Naïve Nursing Home Residents
August 11, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) If you had to guess what long acting opioid is most commonly started on in nursing…
Antipsychotics for Sleep: When Did This Become a Thing?
July 21, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Sleep. It’s sometimes hard enough to get enough at home with all the distractions of…
Please Don’t Talk About Aging!!!
July 8, 2016
by: Ken Covinsky @geri_doc A colleague of mine, who is chief of the Geriatrics Division at a major medical school,…
Who prescribes donepezil or memantine for dementia? Not Geriatricians from the Bronx…
June 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) There are two main drug classes use to treat Alzheimer’s disease, cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) and the…
Yet another harm of docusate
June 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) We’ve written about the harms and lack of efficacy of docusate a fair amount on Geripal…
How We Die: It’s Less about Who You Are and More About Where You Live
May 16, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Doctors want to believe that they will die differently than the rest of the US. Just…
SPRINT Trial: Should We Aim for Lower Target Blood Pressures for Older Adults?
May 6, 2016
by: Meera Sheffrin (@doctormeera) The SPRINT trial came out about 6 months ago– it was supposed to revolutionize the way…
Thickened Liquid Challenge Strikes Back – #ThickenedLiquidChallenge
May 2, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) This week’s JAMA IMincludes a case of a woman in her 90s with advanced dementia who…
When older adults enroll in hospice, symptoms improve
April 19, 2016
By Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Hospice has taken some tough blows in the last few years. Funding cuts. A reporter at…
Announcing ePrognosis: Communication – using video to teach prognosis communication
April 7, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD We’re thrilled to announce that our other major project (other than GeriPal, that is) has undergone…