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Nursing Home Antipsychotic Misuse Cited in 2,500 Massachusetts Cases

Posted Mar 15 2010 8:45pm
signspic.jpg About 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents are being given powerful and sometimes dangerous antipsychotic medications like Seroquel and Risperdal that they do not need, according to federal investigators.

SEE: http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/nursing-home-antipsychotic-misuse-8923/
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