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Patterns of dementia treatment and frank prescribing errors in older adults with Parkinson disease.

Mantri S, Fullard M, Gray SL, et al. Patterns of Dementia Treatment and Frank Prescribing Errors in Older Adults With Parkinson Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2019;76(1):41-49. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.2820.

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January 27, 2019
Mantri S, Fullard M, Gray SL, et al. JAMA Neurol. 2019;76(1):41-49.
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This analysis of Medicare claims data found a significant prevalence of concurrent use of dementia medication with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and anticholinergic medications. This medication combination is a frank medical error that the authors describe as a never event. Despite this, coprescription occurred in 44% of those prescribed dementia medication, and this medication error was more common in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States compared to the northeast or western regions.

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Mantri S, Fullard M, Gray SL, et al. Patterns of Dementia Treatment and Frank Prescribing Errors in Older Adults With Parkinson Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2019;76(1):41-49. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.2820.