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#268 Dementia Made Simple with Dr. Josh Uy

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Is There Any Benefit to Taking Medications for Dementia?

These are not rescue medications, so these are not medications that are meant to be started in the hospital setting. For fta approval, you need to do a caregiver rating. These drugs have benefit on the caregiver rating scale at about point five out of seven. The bigger issues are education for the family is the most likely thing to prevent institutionalization and helping them with support at home.

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