Use of antipsychotic drugs among dementia patients increasing, study suggests - Impartial Reporter


8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by PA News Agency

Academics at the University of Exeter and King’s College London compared current prescribing with pre-coronavirus levels.

Prescribing potentially harmful antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia has increased by more than 50% on average in care homes during the pandemic, new research suggests. Academics at the Unive… [+2539 chars]

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