Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with dementia who aregiven antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are morelikely to end up in the hospital or even die, new research shows.
Yahoo! – May 28, 2008 03:47 AM [GMT]
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HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with dementia who aregiven antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are morelikely to end up in the hospital or even die, new research shows.
Yahoo! – May 28, 2008 03:47 AM [GMT]
found in Health: Diseases and Conditions
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This is an example of a typical risk vs. benefit relationship that exists in medicine. There are risks involved with the medications and in this certain case using an antiphychotic to control mild dementia symptoms might not be reasonable. But if the dementia is so bad that patient is at risk to harm one's self or others then it may be reasonable to use the medications. comment by pharmacistmike - Jun 7, 2008 08:25 AM [GMT] [ reply ] |
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