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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

Dementia patients ‘treated with powerful drugs for longer than recommended’

Antipsychotic drugs can help manage the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

People with dementia are being treated with powerful antipsychotic medications for longer than guidelines recommend, according to researchers.

Doses are also higher than recommended, and stopping and restarting drugs is “common”, a study suggests.

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