Choice of antipsychotics in Australia often suboptimum, psychiatrists say
A study of five years of medicines data provides a snapshot of prescribing practice.
Tag: Antipsychotics
The role of the GP in treatment-refractory schizophrenia: case study
A typical shared care prescribing arrangement
Can computer alerts when patients fail to fill their scripts help GPs?
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 …
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’
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…
Royal Commission: Ban GPs from initiating antipsychotics in aged care
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
The underlying mechanisms include medication, researchers say
Reviews raise questions over delirium treatments
Findings highlight that the syndrome can't be treated with a single drug or class of drug: expert.
Psychotic depression: staying on olanzapine helps prevent relapse
But effects on weight need to be considered, researchers say.
Increased risk of cataracts with second-generation antipsychotics
Two antipsychotics in particular seem to be most associated with the condition.
