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According to an article published in the April 2013 issue of the journal Internal Medicine, patients on SSRI antidepressants at the time of surgery have a 20% increased mortality, 9% increased risk for bleeding, and 22% increased risk for  readmission within a month of discharge from the hospital! This was based on a review of 530,000 surgical patients from...

Our elderly population is overmedicated and following directions for their use is a big issue. Poor detoxification with aging complicates this further. Hospitalized patients are even more challenged by an avalanche of drugs and their interactions.