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For doctors with patients who don t know they re taking too much of a medication, "you wonder whether the drug is causing the health problems, and it s a symptom of the wrong medication."
As adults get older, they re often prescribed more and more medications to help manage various ailments. But often these people must also advocate for a hard look at what is no longer needed.