Don't Jump to Stimulants for Older Adults

December 2021

Is there a role for stimulants in the elderly?

Rarely.

Expect stimulants to be saved as a last-ditch effort for apathy due to treatment-resistant depression in seniors...or to counteract opioid sedation in patients at end of life.

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