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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rod Minchin

Use of antipsychotic drugs among dementia patients increasing, study suggests

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

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