Beer's List No Longer Available to Consumers
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:09 pm
Good grief. The American Geriatrics Society, in apparent paternalistic glory (?), has taken the 2023 Beer's List of medications that increase the risk of dementia undercover. To view it, one has to register at their website and disclose their "Primary Affiliation and Title," effectively leaving this list out of the hands of the lay person. I wasn't inclined to go through the registration and lie about not having an affiliation.
Given the disgraceful incompetence of so many doctors when it comes to administering these everyday drugs (often more than one) to patients—let alone seniors we care for—I'm outraged at this move. Can anyone think of a good reason for them to do this that I can't think of? Given that the list recommends safer alternatives, there's not necessarily a risk that lay users themselves or loved ones whose care they manage will go without a needed treatment.
I doubt ApoE4.info can have any influence over this group, but a public letter outing them for this misstep (unless I'm the one missing a step) would be at least educational for some readers. Maybe get the Alzheimer's Association, if they agree that lay people need access to this list, to co-write something?
Given the disgraceful incompetence of so many doctors when it comes to administering these everyday drugs (often more than one) to patients—let alone seniors we care for—I'm outraged at this move. Can anyone think of a good reason for them to do this that I can't think of? Given that the list recommends safer alternatives, there's not necessarily a risk that lay users themselves or loved ones whose care they manage will go without a needed treatment.
I doubt ApoE4.info can have any influence over this group, but a public letter outing them for this misstep (unless I'm the one missing a step) would be at least educational for some readers. Maybe get the Alzheimer's Association, if they agree that lay people need access to this list, to co-write something?