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Rethinking Falls: Are Sleep Medications Really to Blame?

Author
Psychopharmacology Institute
Published
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Episode Link
https://psychopharmacology.libsyn.com/rethinking-falls-are-sleep-medications-really-to-blame

In this episode, we examine a groundbreaking Danish study that challenges the conventional belief that sedative medications increase fall risk in older adults. Could untreated insomnia, rather than the medications used to treat it, be the real culprit behind falls in elderly patients?

Faculty: Scott Beach, M.D. Host: Richard Seeber, M.D.

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