Alex Threlfall (@zthrelfall) 's Twitter Profile
Alex Threlfall

@zthrelfall

Geropsychiatrist, health care advocate, cyclist

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calendar_today16-03-2010 17:18:57

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EJ Santos (@elderpsychiatry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dr. Raj Tampi President #AAGP2019, “If you aren’t taking care of only children, you are by default taking care of #geriatric patients!” Too true!

Dr. Raj Tampi President #AAGP2019, “If you aren’t taking care of only children, you are by default taking care of #geriatric patients!” Too true!
EJ Santos (@elderpsychiatry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Important topic! #geriatric patients with hearing loss and #dementia and depression are so common! #AAGP2019 Looking forward to seeing where the research leads in the future!

Alex Threlfall (@zthrelfall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Can we expect responsible prescribing? Or just another quick fix with a misaligned financial incentive ⁦Ilse Wiechers⁩ ⁦@dtmaust⁩ ...FDA approves ketamine-derived depression drug #headache theverge.com/2019/3/5/18252…

Alex Threlfall (@zthrelfall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Right back at ya Ilse Wiechers ! So much fun and so happy to have collaborated with you for #AAGP2019 Thanks to all the amazing work of friends and colleagues my cup has been refilleth for another year! American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

EJ Santos (@elderpsychiatry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sadly, for those of us trying to deliver care, this is not surprising. It’s about time they recognized “insurers cannot ignore standards that would be applied to other forms of medical care in determining whether they will cover a mental health or substance abuse treatment”

Ilse Wiechers (@ilsewiechers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Agreed. Suddenly stopping chronic benzos can be deadly. Benzo tapers MUST be patient-centered and SLOW. Some people can’t get to zero, but dose reduction is harm reduction, so that’s still a win in my book.

Alex Threlfall (@zthrelfall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#deprescibing should be #mandatorycurriculum With older Americans taking more prescription drugs, the health risks are rising considerable.com/too-many-presc…

Ian Kremer (@lead_coalition) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please call your U.S. Representative (202-225-3121) and Senators (202-224-3121) today and ask them to co-sponsor the CHANGE Act (H.R.2283/S.1126) to help people facing #Alzheimers disease/#dementia! Take action here: action.usagainstalzheimers.org/onlineactions/… #StopAlz #EndAlz #BeTheCHANGE

Please call your U.S. Representative (202-225-3121) and Senators (202-224-3121) today and ask them to co-sponsor the CHANGE Act (H.R.2283/S.1126) to help people facing #Alzheimers disease/#dementia! Take action here: action.usagainstalzheimers.org/onlineactions/… 

#StopAlz #EndAlz #BeTheCHANGE
Alex Threlfall (@zthrelfall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We need to move beyond our arcane laws and give clinicians the knowledge to help patients navigate this territory without peril. 'Good Luck With That': FDA Aims to Make Sense of Medicinal Cannabis medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…