Are Antipsychotic Drugs More Dangerous to Dementia Patients Than We Think?
Michigan Medicine - University of MichiganDrugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously realized, a new study finds. The research adds more troubling evidence to the case against antipsychotic drugs as a treatment for the delusions, hallucinations and aggression that many people with Alzheimer’s disease experience.