For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Dear Doctor: Doctors are prescribing this common drug to older patients in hospitals — and families say it's changing their loved ones
Dear Doctor: Doctors are prescribing this common drug to older patients in hospitals — and families say it's changing their loved ones
Dear Doctor: Doctors are prescribing this common drug to older patients in hospitals — and families say it's changing their loved ones

Published on: 08/27/2026

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, public health and sports medicine.

Dear Doctor Roach: You have commented on gabapentin before. This seems to be a miracle drug that they’re giving out to everyone for everything. However, I’m absolutely convinced that this drug made both of my parents crazy. Both were given gabapentin in the hospital, and I absolutely felt that it altered their mental state. For the record, both were in their 80s and were hospitalized after falls. -- K.W.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2026/08/dear-doctor-i-watched-both-of-my-parents-change-after-taking-the-same-prescription-drug.html

Other Related News

Miss Manners: How do you politely end interactions with clingy strangers?
Miss Manners: How do you politely end interactions with clingy strangers?
Miss Manners: How do you politely end interactions with clingy strangers?

08/27/2026

Dear Miss Manners How do you politely deter strangers from forcing you into a conversation...

Domestic violence survivor says she wouldn’t wish homelessness on anyone
Domestic violence survivor says she wouldn’t wish homelessness on anyone
Domestic violence survivor says she wouldn’t wish homelessness on anyone

08/27/2026

Editors note By the end of the year Portland and Multnomah County will have 1100 fewer she...

Post office’s new service might be popular but it comes with a $5.51 fee
Post office’s new service might be popular but it comes with a $5.51 fee
Post office’s new service might be popular but it comes with a $5.51 fee

08/27/2026

A new program through the US Postal Service is designed to make things safer and more conv...

Today’s horoscope: Cancer - Someone will offer inaccurate information (Aug. 27, 2026)
Today’s horoscope: Cancer - Someone will offer inaccurate information (Aug. 27, 2026)
Today’s horoscope: Cancer - Someone will offer inaccurate information (Aug. 27, 2026)

08/27/2026

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY Kayla Ewell 41 Aaron Paul 47 Sarah Chalke 50 Chandra Wilson 5...

Readers respond: Does TriMet care if it shrinks?
Readers respond: Does TriMet care if it shrinks?
Readers respond: Does TriMet care if it shrinks?

08/27/2026

A recent op-ed asked if the community cares about TriMets fate TriMet is shrinking Do we c...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500