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    Tag: Antipsychotics

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    Choice of antipsychotics in Australia often suboptimum, psychiatrists say

    October 20, 2021

    A study of five years of medicines data provides a snapshot of prescribing practice.

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    The role of the GP in treatment-refractory schizophrenia: case study

    September 1, 2021

    A typical shared care prescribing arrangement

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    Can computer alerts when patients fail to fill their scripts help GPs?

    July 14, 2021

    The hope is that this may prevent deterioration or relapse of patients with mental health conditions.

    What planet are the aged care commissioners on? It’s not Earth …

    March 19, 2021

    Australian Doctor’s article earlier in March on GPs possibly being banned from prescribing antipsychotics in aged care really struck a chord with me. Under the Royal…

    GP ban on aged care prescribing: ‘A simplistic, expensive recipe for disaster’

    March 3, 2021

    Is banning GPs from prescribing antipsychotics in nursing homes really a way to improve care? The Aged Care Royal Commission seems to think so, saying…

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    Royal Commission: Ban GPs from initiating antipsychotics in aged care

    March 2, 2021

    It says psychiatrists and geriatricians should be the only doctors to prescribe the drugs from November.

    Bipolar, schizophrenia linked to high risk of cardiac arrest

    February 9, 2021

    The underlying mechanisms include medication, researchers say

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    Reviews raise questions over delirium treatments

    September 6, 2019

    Findings highlight that the syndrome can't be treated with a single drug or class of drug: expert.

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    Psychotic depression: staying on olanzapine helps prevent relapse

    August 23, 2019

    But effects on weight need to be considered, researchers say.

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    Increased risk of cataracts with second-generation antipsychotics

    August 23, 2019

    Two antipsychotics in particular seem to be most associated with the condition.

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    Increased risk of cataracts with second-generation antipsychotics

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