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Millions of Medicare records will be used to analyze how two drug classes commonly used to treat Alzheimer’s may lead to a ‘prescription cascade’ when taken together.
Skilled nursing providers have received far fewer citations for antipsychotic misuse under the Trump administration, according to authors of a report released Monday by Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Training and support leads to discontinuation of antipsychotic meds in residents who do not have a diagnosis of psychosis or mental health issues, researchers have found. Notably, behavioral symptoms did not worsen during the multi-center study.
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Antipsychotic drug lumateperone improves schizophrenia symptoms without side effects such as weight gain and metabolic disturbance.
Antipsychotics are associated with greater odds of head injury and traumatic brain injury, according to a new Finnish study.
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Person-centered memory care led to a significant reduction in the use of off-label antipsychotic medications in a large long-term care study.
Seniors with Alzheimer’s disease who are prescribed antipsychotics spend 53% more days hospitalized than those not taking antipsychotics.
