Antipsychotic medications are used to control psychoses such as schizophrenia, but they can also be used to treat behavioral disturbances such as suspicion and paranoia associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Antipsychotic drugs, although not approved by the FDA for treatment of patients with dementia, are still prescribed and their use has increased substantially in the past 20 years or so. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, nearly a third of all nursing home...
Secondary parkinsonism is among the more serious side effects of antipsychotic drugs. It gets its name from Parkinson's disease, a... Read more »
I vividly remember our first meeting with the nursing home’s admission director. “If Betty gets aggressive... Read more »
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, NMS for short, is a dangerous side effect of many antipsychotic medications such as Geodon (ziprasidone)... Read more »
In May, I came back from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting rather surprised to find that psychiatry was finally openly... Read more »
Agitation causes untold misery for people with dementia, and their caregivers. A new study by researchers from the England and Norway has... Read more »
Weight gain is a common side effect of such mood-stabilizing drugs as Zyprexa, Risperdal, and Zyprexa. But a new study has found that adding the... Read more »
A new study suggests that antipsychotic drugs are not the answer to treating delusions and aggression in Alzheimer's patients. According to the... Read more »
By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read more »
The antidepressant Celexa may be as effective as antipsychotic meds for people with dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 103 patients... Read more »
According to a new study, people who take newer antipsychotic medications such as Zyprexa, Risperdal, and Abilify are supposed to have their... Read more »
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