[singfreedom]

neverdem, I have always wondered about this phenomenon. My Mother, many years ago, had surgery to repair a hip fracture. After the surgery, her mental faculties just never were the same. We had to move her to a long term care facility and she lived only months after the surgery. She didn't take any of these drugs, but she did take some over-the-counter vitamin preparations. Would any of these have accounted for her adverse mental reaction?

[neverdem]

I have always wondered about this phenomenon. My Mother, many years ago, had surgery to repair a hip fracture. After the surgery, her mental faculties just never were the same. We had to move her to a long term care facility and she lived only months after the surgery. She didn't take any of these drugs, but she did take some over-the-counter vitamin preparations. Would any of these have accounted for her adverse mental reaction?

"Recent catastrophes under anesthesia have focused attention on the interaction between nonprescribed medications and anesthetic drugs, including interactions with vitamins, herbal preparations, traditional remedies, and food supplements. Good information on the exact content of these preparations is often hard to obtain.2"

I'm sorry about the loss of your mother. Hip fractures have lousy mortality stats. 20 - 25 percent are dead within the next year. I was surprised to see that vitamins were included in the excerpt. I didn't check the reference.