Benzodiazepines Tied to Higher Risk of Dementia in Elderly

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Benzodiazepines Tied to Higher Risk of Dementia in Elderly

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09-29-2012, 07:30 AM	#1
NewsBot News Gatherer Community Support Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 38,661 My Mood:	Benzodiazepines Tied to Higher Risk of Dementia in Elderly (Psych Central News) A new study has found that people who begin taking anti-anxiety medications such as Xanax, Ativan or Valium after the age of 65 have a 50 percent greater chance of developing dementia within 15 years than people who have never taken this class of drugs. Xanax, Ativan and Valium fall into a class of drugs [...] Read the full article... From Psych Central News.

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