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Dec 2024
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From Inpatient to Outpatient: Initiating...

Psychopharmacology Institute
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In this episode, we explore strategies for discontinuing benzodiazepines in hospitalized elderly patients. We discuss a recent Israeli study that tested two interventions during inpatient stays. Can a simple hospital-based intervention lead to successful long-term medication changes?

Faculty: Paul Zarkowski, M.D. Host: Richard Seeber, M.D.

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