Newspaper article on risk of antipsychotics in Lewy body dementia

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This is a good article from a UK newspaper about the importance of proper diagnosis of dementia — Alzheimers, Lewy body dementia, or something else — because of the dangers of antipsychotics in LBD.

That being said, many in our local LBD caregiver support group do find value in atypical antipsychotics.

Here’s a link to the article:

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/lewy-body-dementia-prescription-antipsychotics-thousand-risk-injury-death-drugs-treatment-alzheimers-a7827431.html

Lewy body dementia: Thousands ‘at risk of injury or death’ due to inappropriate prescription of antipsychotics
Prescription of these drugs often worsens symptoms and has been found to increase the risk of death fourfold
Katie Forster, Health Correspondent
Thursday 6 July 2017 11:58 BST
The Independent (UK)

Robin