I see a lot of people with dementia.
I've had a meeting with the local Area Prescribing Committee and our Primary Care Trust and GP representatives and our Trust's medicines management folk.
And would you believe it, everyone agreed on everything.
I can use donepezil, galantamine or rivastigmine for any patient I think would benefit (irrespective of NICE guidance or MMSE scores or specific diagnosis) and GPs will prescribe what I've initiated.
Why's life so easy, this week?!
7 comments:
Excellent!
Hooray!! Our friendly local geriatrician goes bananas when people try to use MMSE to diagnose dementia....he says it only shows the dementia of the doctors who use it :-)
Perhaps you have earned the respect opf all those present. Note I say earned.
Definitely in denial.
:-)
At some point equilibrium must be maintained... that's why there are times when life is easy...
respect and understanding...that's what it comes down to
...let's hope this continues... :)
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