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One in four disabled seniors use risky or ineffective medicines

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   May 08, 2008

Roughly a quarter of Americans with disabilities age 65 and older reported using at least one prescription drug deemed inappropriate for persons their age, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Only about half as many of elderly people without disabilities used inappropriate drugs, according to the analysis.

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