anti-psychotics

While regulatory focus has pushed the use of antipsychotics lower in skilled nursing facilities recently, off-label use is rising among dementia patients living in assisted living and other community settings. Those findings, from a new report issued by AARP's Public Policy Institute, could ultimately mean bad ...

Although off-label antipsychotic drug use has declined in nursing homes due to efforts from the CMS, use of these drugs has increased slightly among ... use of antipsychotic drugs among nursing home residents with dementia between 2012 and 2015 but I couldn't find any data on the use of antipsychotics ...

In late 2017, the National Center for Assisted Living told McKnight's Senior Living that 56 of its member communities had met its 2015 Quality Initiative goal of safely reducing the off-label use of antipsychotics by 15% or achieve an off-label usage rate of 5% or less. “Efforts to reduce off-label antipsychotic ...

The father of an autistic teenager, who died after being prescribed antipsychotic medication, has blamed the drug for his death. Oliver McGowan, who was 18, died at Bristol's Southmead Hospital on 11 November 2016. He also suffered from epilepsy and learning difficulties and was admitted following a ...

A new study by Swansea University has suggested that children with intellectual difficulty or autism are more likely to be given antipsychotic medication ... with and without autism or intellectual disability, who are on antipsychotics, compared to rates before being prescribed antipsychotics and compared to ...

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A Feb. 5 study published by the Human Rights Watch stated that about 179,000 nursing home residents nationwide are being given antipsychotic drugs when they don't have the mental illnesses for which the drugs were approved. Related news headlines included the words “misuse” and “overprescribed,” ...

Initiating an opioid analgesic reduced the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in persons with Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. These drugs are frequently prescribed to treat behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia, which can be worsened ...

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Initiating an opioid analgesic reduced the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in persons with Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. These drugs are frequently prescribed to treat behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia, which can be worsened ...

Kansas Considers Regulating Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes. Kansas lawmakers are considering new regulations designed to address overuse of antipsychotic drugs at the state's nursing home. March 25 ... "The drivers behind anti-psychotic use are funding, workforce and training," Monger said. "We've ...

he first of hundreds of lawsuits filed by consumers who claim the Abilify antipsychotic caused compulsive behavior has been scheduled for trial in June after a federal judge tossed a bid by drug makers to dismiss the litigation. The bellwether trial would be the first to put a sustained spotlight on the extent to ...

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Compulsive gambling, hyper-sexuality and compulsive shopping are all listed as harmful side effects in lawsuits against the anti-psychotic drug, Abilify. This week, five patients in northern Nevada have filed a suit against the drug's manufacturers. The drug is primarily used to treat mental health issues like ...

One person wrote, “Antipsychotics, if chosen and administered carefully, and if the patient is monitored, can be a real life-saver. My father had multiple strokes that disabled him, and also had dementia and some depression. The medical team at his nursing home collaborated with family to find the right ...

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) _ A judge has granted a prosecutors' request to force a homicide defendant to take anti-psychotic medication. The judge ruled Friday the drugs will give psychiatrists treating Andres Surber a chance to definitively determine his mental competency Surber has pleaded not guilty to ...

Instead of accommodating my mother's basic needs, the facility put her on powerful antipsychotic drugs. These drugs were developed to treat conditions ... My mother is no longer on antipsychotics or other psych drugs because I eventually put my foot down. But many other people in nursing homes are.

For the study, Human Rights Watch conducted extensive background research, analyzed publicly available data on the nation's nursing facilities, and visited more than 100 facilities in six states with antipsychotic drug administration rates above the national average. Geographically diverse states with ...

An antipsychotic drug caused a teenager to develop the rare condition which led to his death, an inquest has heard. Oliver McGowan, 18, from Emerson's Green near Bristol was mildly autistic and suffered from epilepsy and learning difficulties. He died at Bristol's Southmead Hospital, in November 2016, ...

It was appropriate for a teenager to be given the anti-psychotic drug that led to his death, a coroner has said. Oliver McGowan, 18, from Bristol, had mild autism and epilepsy and was being treated for a seizure at Southmead Hospital in October 2016 when he was given olanzapine to sedate him.

Children with autism and intellectual difficulties are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic drugs than their typical peers, according to a large study ... No antipsychotics are approved to treat the core features of autism in the U.K., but the drugs are often prescribed off-label for children with the condition.

NEW YORK (360Dx) – Saladax Biomedical today said that it has received CE marking for its first two products in the new MyCare Psychiatry line of rapid tests for antipsychotics. The tests, MyCare Total Risperidone Assay Kit and MyCare Paliperidone Assay Kit, measure total risperidone or paliperidone in ...

A new study in JAMA said even as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs, the resulting decline did not increase the use of nonpharmacologic treatments, but instead saw a shift to the use of mood stabilizers, another type of psychotropic. Mood stabilizers, however, show less ...

“The drivers behind anti-psychotic use are funding, workforce and training,” Monger said. “We've done the training... (but) we don't have a lot of control over the funding and the workforce, and it is a serious problem.” Anti-psychotics are contraindicated for people with dementia and include a U.S. Food and ...

Although these findings are encouraging, Wright says there are challenges. "Translating these findings to humans will be difficult, especially considering that patients taking anti-psychotics have a very low level of exercise adherence," he said. "The next step is to see if we can identify the pathways that are ...

Dear Drugs or No Drugs: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that antipsychotics are not approved for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis. In fact, there is no medication approved for such a condition. Despite this, The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine found in a ...