Antipsychotic Drugs - Articles
182 Antipsychotic drugs kill AD patients
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Gevera Bert P.
... started getting violent. The drug is mentioned in this article, which says dementia patients on such drugs are more likely to die. Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up in the hospital or even die....However, the problems underlying the need for such medications, ...
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182 Antipsychotic drugs kill AD patients
by
Gevera Bert P.
... started getting violent. The drug is mentioned in this article, which says dementia patients on such drugs are more likely to die. Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up in the hospital or even die....However, the problems underlying the need for such medications, ...
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a doctor voluntarily took an antipsychotic drug
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kim m.
... chotic.The optimum dose of antipsychotics is about 350mg per day (measured as chlorpromazine equivalents). Yet a recent study in the north of England found the median dose of antipsychotic drugs was about 600mg and about a quarter of those reviewed were on a gram or more a day.“The average dose was about twice the optimum. How does that happen? It ...
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