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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Alex: And, it means pain management. We’re willing to spend $50,000 a year for individuals for their expensive pharmacy medication. ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. We shouldn’t be mandating individuals, this should be an optional thing for individuals.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

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When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. For individuals with a life expectancy less than the time to benefit, the up front harms outweigh the downstream benefits. . James: Yeah.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Fifty percent have a diagnosis in their record of decedents have dementia. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Samir. It was Remember Me.