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Mission Medicine for Medicine Safety!

by Michelle Zarate on 02/03/2012

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently reported that 100,000 older Americans are hospitalized each year for adverse drug reactions, and most of those emergencies stem from four very common medications consisting of blood thinners and diabetes medications. The study also found: 40 percent of the 65 and older, take 5 to 9 medications – [...]

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Home Instead Senior Care of Idaho launches Mission Medicine, a free medication compatibility review. Mission Medicine, originating in Idaho’s Home Instead Senior Care, protects the elderly from the dangers of mixing medications. This is an annual senior protection program done at the beginning of the year so seniors have a portable and complete list when [...]

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