Anti-psychotic Drug Use In The Elderly Increases Despite Drug Safety Warnings
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
Three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events slowed the growth of use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, but they did not reduce the overall prescription rate of these drugs, found a research analysis of prescription drug claims data.
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