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Elderly patients often take
several medications simul
taneously, which can lead to
altered drug effect,” Dr. Carl
Salzman of Boston, told fellow
doctors in ajournal of the Amer
ican Psychiatric Association.
| “As the physical health and
independent status of an older
person declines, the number of
drugs taken usually increases,”
Salzman said. “This combina
tion of failing health, aging body
and multiple drug prescriptions
may contribute to alterations in
drug effect.
“Practicing clinicians must be
aware of these alterations and
adjust their prescription of
psychotropic drugs accord-
| ‘"gly.”
He made these other points
about tranquilizers and other
psychotropic drugs:
• they usually will take longer
to work in an older patient, will
stay longer in the body, and
often will produce a greater
effect per milligram dosage than
they would in a younger person
• delayed onset of action can
be caused by slower absorption
and distribution of the drug
Salzman suggested that be
fore prescribing the drugs to
elderly patients, doctors:
• remember that psychotro
pic drugs usually have a pro
longed and heightened effect on
the aging body
• determine all medications
an older patient is taking before
prescribing a psychotropic
drug. This includes self-
prescribed drugs (borrowed or
old pills), medications from
other physicians, and over-the-
counter preparations.
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United Press International
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland
Ice-encrusted ships sailed
into port bearing some of the
dead crew members from a
sunken oil rig and Soviet ship
while other vessels braved the
Atlantic’s latest storm Thursday
in search of more victims.
By Wednesday, 19 bodies
had been recovered from the rig
that sank Monday and another
20 from the Soviet freighter
Mekhanik Tarasov that fol
lowed it to the bottom Tuesday.
Two supply ships, carrying
the bodies of two victims, ar
rived at St. John’s harbor
Wednesday where a temporary
morgue has been set up in a
waterfront warehouse.
Several other ships with 37
more bodies aboard, continued
the search for more of the 117
victims facing snow, high winds
and stormy seas.
The five ship survivors were
aboard a Canadian Coast Guard
ship that was not planning to re
turn to port immediately be
cause the survivors were in ex
cellent health and required no
medical attention, a spokesman
said.
Mobil Oil spokesman William
Grisdale said the firm will send
two one-man Mantis submarines
to search for the wreckage of the
Ocean Ranger oil rig as soon as
the storm lets up.
In Ottawa, Energy Minister
Marc Lalonde said two remain
ing rigs operating close to where
the Ocean Ranger sank would
be towed to Newfoundland for
safety checks when the weather
improved.
Grisdale said an inspection
would show why the 30,000-ton
rig tipped and sank in a storm
far less severe than others it had
weathered.
The fleet of search ships was
battered during the night by the
• conduct a careful, complete
assessment of the patient’s phy
sical health before drug treat
ment begins.
Salzman reminded doctors
that any older patient who is re
ceiving a psychotropic drug and
who appears restless, agitated,
confused, forgetful or depress
ed may have psychotropic drug
toxicity. Drug dosages should be
reduced or the drug should be
discontinued before another
drug is added to the regimen.
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second storm this week to ravage
the oil fields, 170 miles southeast
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led back from the search be
cause of the dangerous condi
tions.
Several inches of ice on parts
of one of the supply ships that
arrived in St. John’s under
scored the severity of the
weather.
A spokesman for the sunken
rigs’ operator, Mobil Oil Canada
Ltd., said the two smaller rigs
suspended their operations
when the Ocean Ranger de
veloped the list that led to its
sinking.
One of the rigs, the SEDCO
706, was on charter to Mobil
from the South East Drilling Co.
of Houston. The other, the
Zapata Ugland, was on lease
from the Zapata Off Shore Drill
ing Co. of Houston.
The government of New
foundland set Friday as a day of
mourning for the lost Ocean
Ranger crewmen. It was the first
such commemoration in a pro
vince where seafaring disasters
have been common for cen
turies.
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