How Do Antipsychotics Work?

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Antipsychotics and Alzheimer's Disease

Recently, the American Journal of Psychiatry published a study about the use of antipsychotic medications in people suffering with Alzheimer's disease. The use of these drugs in this illness has been hotly debated in the past few years. In 2005 the FDA issued a black box warning that the newer, atypical antipsychotic medications could increase the risk of pneumonia and heart attacks in elderly people with dementia. In 2007 another black box warning was issued, this time for the older, typical...

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