Risperidone and dementia-related aggression: new indication. A last resort, no better than haloperidol.
When elderly Alzheimer's patients remain dangerously aggressive despite non-drug measures, there is no evidence that risperidone is safer or any more effective than haloperidol.
D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017277:Drug Approval; D005060:Europe; D005602:France; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018967:Risperidone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D006220:Haloperidol; D018967:Risperidone