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Atypical Antipsychotics in the Elderly with Parkinson Disease and the "Black Box" Warning
Neurol 67:564-566, Friedman,J.H., 2006
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Article Abstract
In the last 2 years, regulatory agencies in the UK and the USA have made recommendations and ?black box? warnings, regarding the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in the elderly because of a purported increase in risk of stroke and death in elderly demented patients. These advisories did not address the adverse effects of ?typical? (first-generation) antipsychotics. In this article, the author reviews the history of these developments and raises issues that still need to be addressed by the neurologic community.
 
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