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Who's getting antipsychotic drugs for the wrong reasons?

Federal regulators have announced a multi-year initiative to address the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing home residents. This comes after data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that residents of roughly 185,000 U.S. nursing homes, including some in Missouri, received antipsychotics in 2010 even though the patients did not have a psychosis for which the drugs are supposed to be used.

The Beacon is looking for relatives or acquaintances of nursing home patients who have wrongly received these kinds of drugs. Please respond to the questions below if you have insight to share.

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