'He was like something out of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Fiona's father Neville diagnosed just weeks after her mother succumbed to dementia in 2006 Two sedatives he was given were addictive and could cause cognitive decline, her research revealed

By Vanessa Allen

Last updated at 9:25 AM on 28th February 2012

Television presenter Fiona Phillips has claimed a chemical cosh of dementia drugs robbed her father of the final weeks of his life.

The former GMTV host described how her father Neville was given a vast cocktail of medicines which left him so heavily sedated he was totally out of it.

His medication covered two sides of an A4 sheet of paper, she said.

Heartbroken: Fiona Phillips, pictured with her father Neville in 2009, claimed that dementia drugs robbed him of the final weeks of his life

Alzheimers sufferer Mr Phillips died earlier this month. His rapid deterioration has led his daughter to question whether the drugs cost him years of his life.

She said: I am so angry at the way my lovely, lovely dad was treated at the end. In his final weeks he was so coshed by drugs that his poor body couldnt cope.

They robbed him of his laughter, then his smile, which was all that he had got left, and I am absolutely furious about that. Then they robbed him of his life.

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