Case Reports
Recent onset of confusion, limited mobility, and disturbed sleep-wake cycle
This elderly woman had received treatment the week before for pneumonia and paranoid behavior. How would you proceed with her care?
Of course, patients should be reminded that a generic medication may not always look the same as a brand-name drug or a previous generic prescription. But it can’t hurt for the patient to ask whether that medication that “looks different” is just a different generic—or a sign of a more worrisome mix-up.