Scandal of the Alzheimer’s victims given ‘zombie’ drugs - Daily Mail 2nd November 2007

Monday, December 03, 2007

More than 100,000 people in Britain suffering from dementia are being prescribed drugs by doctors and care homes that at best offer few benefits and at worst are lethal, according to shocking new research. The controversial drugs, which are often used to sedate patients, have been described as a "liquid cosh" by one expert and the study has provoked a call for stricter limitations on their use.

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