Avoid antipsychotic drugs for elderly given death risks, experts urge

Friday, January 9, 2009 - 12:14 in Health & Medicine

Doctors should try not to use anti-psychotic drugs in elderly people with Alzheimer's, geriatricians said following a new study that concluded the risk of dying can double within a few years of taking the medications.

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