drug induced hallucinations..

[mjl1717]

What is the most common cause of durg induced hallucination in the ELDERLY?

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[phospho]

What is the most common cause of durg induced hallucination in the ELDERLY?

just a wild guess...

people's sleeping habits typically deteriorate as they grow older... i.e. the older they get, the more likely they'll be taking some sleep medications like ambien (which is notorious for hallucinations)...

 

[Depakote]

angel dust is a hell of a drug.

 

[mjl1717]

angel dust is a hell of a drug.

knew LSD or angel dust was coming! {be a little more original}.. Thats why I put elderly in large type!!

 

[mjl1717]

just a wild guess...

people's sleeping habits typically deteriorate as they grow older... i.e. the older they get, the more likely they'll be taking some sleep medications like ambien (which is notorious for hallucinations)...

Decent extrapolation...[I really dont know, having hard time googling it}

 

[badasshairday]

Pcp.

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

knew LSD or angel dust was coming! {be a little more original}.. Thats why I put elderly in large type!!

Hey your twenty-something flower children are now sixty-something grandparents, and I've met plenty of old toothless methheads/crackheads who are fifty going on eighty. Neither would be the most common though, and I've got no better guess than something in the psychotropic realm as the above poster suggested.

 

[mjl1717]

Pcp.

As I remember PCP is angel dust =nystagmus

 

[mjl1717]

Hey your twenty-something flower children are now sixty-something grandparents, and I've met plenty of old toothless methheads/crackheads who are fifty going on eighty. Neither would be the most common though, and I've got no better guess than something in the psychotropic realm as the above poster suggested.

I think its something mind altering also..

 

[Depakote]

Probably EtOH withdrawl.

 

[badasshairday]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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[DOme2009]

benadryl (diphenhydramine) is well-known for having anti-muscarinic properties that are particularly pronounced in the elderly, and the resulting delirium can be associated with hallucinations.

pretty sure that the decreased clearance of the drug in the elderly also contributes to some of the problem.

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

"Angel Dust...PCP....Ashy Larry....."

 

[BigRedBeta]

What is the most common cause of durg induced hallucination in the ELDERLY?

Are we talking just delirium in general or does it have to specifically be hallucinations? Hospitalized patients or just old people in general?

Often times it seems like practically anything can make your elderly hospitalized patients delirious (including what color scrubs the patient's nurse is wearing), but specific drugs you'd want to stop first would be any opioid pain medications and any sedatives. I just don't know if there are particular ones associated with hallucinations.

(I'd also like to say that I'm very thankful to be going into pediatrics and won't have to deal with dementia/delirium)

 

[mjl1717]

Are we talking just delirium in general or does it have to specifically be hallucinations? Hospitalized patients or just old people in general?

Often times it seems like practically anything can make your elderly hospitalized patients delirious (including what color scrubs the patient's nurse is wearing), but specific drugs you'd want to stop first would be any opioid pain medications and any sedatives. I just don't know if there are particular ones associated with hallucinations.

(I'd also like to say that I'm very thankful to be going into pediatrics and won't have to deal with dementia/delirium)

Specifically hallucinations and old people in general..

 

[sprinkibrio]

Parkinsons drugs... L-dopa

 

[TMP-SMX]

Benzo and alcohol

SSRI

Dopamine agonists like ropinirole

Antimuscarinics