[Atypical antipsychotics for elderly patients: to prescribe or to ban?].
Behavioural problems, excitement, aggressiveness, delusions, hallucinations and other neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in elderly persons, in the presence of dementia or delirium. Antipsychotics are widely used to treat these problems. The atypical antipsychotics can be usefully prescribed to elderly patients, but their efficacy remains limited and they induce side effects, notably metabolic, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ones.
Unite de psychopharmacologie clinique, Service de pharmacologie et toxicologie cliniques, Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie et soins intensifs (APSI) HUG, Belle-Idée, 1225 Chêne-Bourg. marc.rollini@hcuge.ch
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D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents