Dr. Renee Snow completed a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Mclean Hospital and is now in private practice in North Andover, MA.

"One important question I ask in evaluating elderly patients is ‘what over-the-counter medications have you been taking?’ A lot of older folks are taking Tylenol PM for sleep, which has Benadryl in it, or often they are taking straight Benadryl. These preparations often impair cognition, and I’ll usually switch them to trazodone 12.5-25 mg QHS for sleep. Another very common anticholinergic is meclizine, and many people won’t report taking it unless you ask about it specifically."