Which statement regarding medication use in older adults is true?
A) Older patients are more sensitive to the effects of anticoagulants,especially because they commonly have a deficiency in vitamin K clotting factors.
B) Older adults have no issues with the sedating effects of antihistamines.
C) Parkinson's disease is hardly ever misdiagnosed in the elderly.
D) Antipsychotics have found broad and wide use in the elderly as they are found effective and with few side effects and toxicities.
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