Wednesday, December 19, 2007

antipsychotics

sobering data from IMS.

The LTC and hospital culture that needs reforming. Medical and nursing staff need to know that neuroleptics don't work very well and are probably not safe. There are other safer interventions. Antipsychotics can be very useful in some patients ie psychoses and actual violent behaviour and that's really it......

A CBC News investigation into the increasing use of atypical anti-psychotics among the elderly

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