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What a wonderful story in the @washingtonpost ...

Older adults share with a palliative care physician their wisdom regarding relationships that last.

#GeriMastodon #geriatrics #psychmastodon

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/14/lifelong-couples-relationship-advice/

Good news:

- the risk of #serotonin syndrome is low in hospitalized older adults treated with #linezolid (around 0.5%)
- antidepressants do not increase the risk of serotonin syndrome in these patients

So, being on an #antidepressant should not be a contraindication to receiving linezolid and antidepressants do not need to be stopped when linezolid is prescribed.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799688

#MedMastodon #GeriMastodon #Psychiatry

Drug overdose deaths for older adults in the US have more than tripled over the last 20 years.

Black men & women are disproportionately affected.

#psychiatry #psych #psychmastodon #geriatrics #gerimastodon

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db455.htm

Kudos to UWSMPH medical student Miguel Recinos, who presented a poster today describing

"A web-based curriculum to enhance medical students' knowledge & attitudes for care of persons with #dementia"

Miguel worked with our team at Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute last summer and took the lead on analyzing and presenting the results of this project.

Learn more: https://wai.wisc.edu/improving-dementia-care-wi/

#geriatrics #gerimastodon #neurology #psychiatry #neuromastodon #psychmastodon #medmastodon #meded