Stop the systematic prescription of sleeping pills for the elderly. This is the message launched by the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) in a letter to nearly 27,000 professionals. After its report on improving the consumption of psychotropic drugs for people over 70 years old published earlier this month, the HAS reminds in its letter to doctors that nearly a third of people over 65 consume sleeping pills chronically and in more than one in two cases, the treatment would not be indicated The risks of this over-medication: dependence, risk of falls and memory problems for the elderly
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