Is this a science experiment? It took me 6 years to get my father diagnosed with dementia. After 9 months in NH, he has really calmed down and no longer spews hate, paranoia and accusations in every sentence. Largely because he was finally prescribed an anti-anxiety drug. The results were really wonderful and I actually could have a civilized conversation with him that did not involve negativity. I was informed today that "the government" insists that his dosage of this wonder drug be decreased by half. What? It is not that he is sleepy or out of it. I thought it made him much better. I am just really disgusted at this new development.
Anyone here have this experience? Any thoughts?
I'm all for patients being on the correct dosage of any drug. Talk to his doctor.
I asked who several times and it was blamed on "the government". Good question, I will ask if "the government" is the State Health Department, State Social Services, etc.?
If they are reducing your dad's meds, you want to find out what the plan is for monitoring his behavioral changes, how he's handling the change. What is the half life of the med they are considering reducing? Have they considered how long it will take for the changes to show up in his behavior? Who do they intend to take data on the changes? You want to make sure that the changes they see are documented by data and not anecdotal.
Like others have said, I would insist on being told what part of the government has this requirement. The nurse who said this to you may not even know herself, which is very sad (and not good enough in my opinion).
My guess is it's for state DHS med audits.