Olanzapine
Antipsychotic likely to increase mortality risk in dementia residents, study finds
February 28, 2012Nursing home residents being treated for dementia with the antipsychotic drug haloperidol were at a two-fold risk of mortality compared to other antipsychotics, a new study finds.
Many nursing home residents still take antipsychotics, studies find
January 13, 2010Antipsychotic medication use is still widespread in nursing homes, even after the federal government issued a "black box" warning on the drugs in 2005. That is according to two new studies.
