This brief highlights how changing cannabis potency and age-related vulnerabilities intersect to elevate health risk awareness, making it a relevant focus for mental health professionals who support older adults and their caregivers. The piece emphasizes potential impacts on mood, cognitive function, and safety—areas closely tied to mental well-being, daily functioning, and risk management in clinical practice.

Article Title: Is cannabis safe after 65? Stanford experts reveal 5 risks older adults should know

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260515002201.htm

#mentalhealth #geriatricpsychology #olderadults #cannabisrisks #cognitivehealth #memory #cardiovascularrisk #druginteractions #addictionrisk #fallsprevention

Living with a Mechanical Mitral Valve and Warfarin: The Diet, the Biochemistry, and What Nobody Tells You Until It’s Too Late

https://kemal.yaylali.uk/warfarin-vitamin-k-mechanical-mitral-valve/

Medical Xpress: Potentially life-threatening medicine interactions combated with new database. “A comprehensive webpage-based database, named as IMgateway, currently offers rigorous, evidence-based information on the integration of complementary and conventional medicine but has lacked data on Chinese herbal medicines—until now. A research team, led by Dr. Phoebe Zhou at the National […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/09/medical-xpress-potentially-life-threatening-medicine-interactions-combated-with-new-database/

Drug interactions may alter metabolism or receptor effects, impacting efficacy and safety. #DrugInteractions #Pharmacology #Pharmacokinetics #Pharmacodynamics #CytochromeP450 #DrugSafety #ClinicalPharmacology #USMLE #MedicalEducation

https://mymedschool.org/portfolio/u01-05-010-types-of-drug-interactions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Conversation: How LinkedIn’s algorithm can help us find new uses for existing medicines. “At the Computational Biology and Translational Genomics lab at the University of Navarra, we have followed this idea to develop GeNNius, a model that aims to build a network between drugs and proteins. Its implementation has already improved existing models, especially in terms of run time: in just […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/the-conversation-how-linkedins-algorithm-can-help-us-find-new-uses-for-existing-medicines/

Navigating Post-Operative Drug Risks: My Experience

https://janetannelogan.com/2024/11/23/navigating-post-operative-drug-risks-my-experience/

#Cipro, #DrugInteractions, #Prednisone, #Spoonie

@spoonies

Do most psychiatrists realize that benzodiazepines should not be prescribed long-term?

Read the full article: How Can a Psychiatrist Help With Mental Health, Prescribing Benzodiazepines?
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#BIND #InformedConsent #Supplements #Insomnia #focus #psychiatry #IatrogenicInjury #PolyPharmacy #DrugInteractions #Benzodiazepines #BlackBoxWarnings #QuitColdTurkey #MentalHealthTreatment #PrescribedMultipleMedications