title: Use of quetiapine in elderly patients.
abstract: Behavioral problems associated with psychosis in the elderly have a significant negative impact on patients' quality of life and can lead to placement in a nursing home. Because of their decreased propensity to produce extrapyramidal symptoms, atypical antipsychotics such as quetiapine hold promise in the treatment of these vulnerable patients. Quetiapine may, in theory, be particularly advantageous in this regard because of its lack of anticholinergic activity and its relatively loose binding to dopamine receptors. This article reviews the somewhat limited number of clinical studies of the use of quetiapine in treating older patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, patients with psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease or dementia with Lewy bodies, and patients with Parkinson's disease and drug-induced psychosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. pierre_tariot@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Pierre N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Tariot
authors.forename: M Saleem
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ismail
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate