title: [Use of antipsychotic drugs in the elderly].
abstract: It is actually well observed that antipsychotic drugs are commonly used in the elderly patients. The most important side-effects related to the use of first generation antipsychotics are the extrapyramidal side-effects and their consequences (increase risk of falls, problems with articulation and speech, faster decline in cognition, etc.). Today with the atypical antipsychotics much less side-effects are observed but this class of drugs is not without risks. In this paper, we propose some recommendations for the use of these medications in the elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Service de Revalidation Cognitive, Institut Pacheco, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bastan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stefos
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents