CT Senator Submits Bill Limiting Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
October 3, 2012
Saying “It is a form of elder abuse. It’s chemical restraint — no less pernicious and insidious than physical restraint of patients — and it should be stopped,” Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal submitted a bill (co-sponsored by senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley) to crack down on off-label prescribing of antipsychotics in nursing homes.
Of further interest:
Blumenthal speaks about CT drug abuse
(WTNH.com)
I think it is very significant that one of the sponsors of this bill is Senator Grassley, who is a conservative Republican. Our cause has supporters among conservatives, and I think we should be reaching out to them.
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I thought about pointing out the bipartisanality of the bill, but had a moment of feeling a little precious, or political. Wanted to let it stand on its merits. But thanks for pointing it out.
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If it is chemical restraint, in an old person with a REAL BRAIN DISEASE, dementia, how the (censored) can it be “real treatment” in a young person with a fake or putative brain disease?
People who care about the very old, and the very young, the exclusion of the majority in the middle, adults, young adults, middle aged, etc… are suspect to me.
I kind of get sick of the special attention paid to kids and old people. ALL people should be protected from being brain raped by “chemical restraint” drugs.
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