Considerations Informing the Potential Use of Medication to Treat Neurocognitive

question 10

Multiple Choice

Considerations informing the potential use of medication to treat neurocognitive disorders do NOT include that fact that ______.

• A) It is difficult to distinguish dementia from depression.
• B) Medications may have more adverse side effects among older adults.
• C) The most common neurocognitive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, does NOT respond to medication.
• D) The bodies of older adults respond differently to medication than do the bodies of younger adults.

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