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Old 07-01-2020, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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Is this alleged "dementia" a recent discovery? Because benzos have been around a VERY long time, and I've never heard of this before. Perhaps it's just the disease du jour or a strategy to stop pesky patients from requesting them now that prescribing has become so problematic due to pill mill laws, etc.
Could be why rehabs and assisted living homes are full of those with lost memories and they keep getting admitted. Read some sad stories in Caregiving and the dementia issues.
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Old 07-01-2020, 02:35 PM
 
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Could be why rehabs and assisted living homes are full of those with lost memories and they keep getting admitted. Read some sad stories in Caregiving and the dementia issues.
That would be due to practically the entire population being put on statins to reduce their blood cholesterol; the brain needs FAT in order to function correctly.
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