Neuroleptic drugs in the management of behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

L. E. Tune; C. Steele; T. Cooper

doi:10.1016/s0193-953x(18)30312-5

Neuroleptic drugs in the management of behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

L. E. Tune, C. Steele, T. Cooper

School of Medicine

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Physicians have long been wary of chronically administering neuroleptic drugs to the demented elderly for fear of significant side effects. In this article, the authors present evidence to support these fears. A discussion of the early and late emerging side effects of neuroleptic drugs is presented.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	353-373
Number of pages	21
Journal	Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0193-953x(18)30312-5
State	Published - 1991

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