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Compromised Care: Psychotropic drugs given to nursing home patients without cause - chicagotribune.com

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Frail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, a Tribune investigation has found.

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