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Other medications that have been tried for chronic agitation include beta-blockers such as propranolol (Inderal) and pindolol (Visken) (Weiler et al., 1988), antihistamines and lithium carbonate (Eskalith, Lithobid).
Elderly patients take about three times as many medications as younger patients do. 1 They are also the greatest consumers of prescribed and nonprescribed medications. 2 There has been a gradual increase in prescription drug use in the United States.sychoactive drugs have an effect on the brain and are among the most frequent medications given to the elderly. Elderly patients generally require lower doses of psychoactive drugs, in some cases one-fourth to one-half the dose of a younger patient. 3.