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Pharmacological treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
JAMA 293:596-608, Sink,K.M.,et al, 2005
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Article Abstract
Pharmacological therapies are not particularly effective for management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. Of the agents reviewed, the atypical antipsychotics risperidone and olanzapine currently have the best evidence for efficacy. However, the effects are modest and further complicated by an increased risk of stroke. Additional trials of cholinesterase inhibitors enrolling patients with high levels of neuropsychiatric symptoms may be warranted.
 
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