UCLA Health: Half of Older Patients With Dementia Remain on Psychotropic Drugs a Year After Starting on Them
April 29, 2026
April 29, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release:
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Half of older patients with dementia remain on psychotropic drugs a year after starting on them
Prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, disproportionately likelier to be initiated from emergency rooms and hospitals, not doctors' offices
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Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cogni . . .
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Half of older patients with dementia remain on psychotropic drugs a year after starting on them
Prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, disproportionately likelier to be initiated from emergency rooms and hospitals, not doctors' offices
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Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cogni . . .