Risperidone death rate with

Note. None of these medications have FDA indication for the treatment of Alzheimer s disease. The literature and practice guidelines support the use of these medications for specific target symptoms. The FDA has issued a black box warning regarding the use of certain antipsychotic medications in the elderly, especially haloperidol, olanzapine, and risperidone. The warning notes that the use of these drugs is associated with an increase in death rates when used by the elderly patients with dementia. 

Psychiatric The incidence of suicide-related events in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder taking aripiprazole has been studied using administrative data from three US sources [65 "]. Suicide attempts and death by suicide were assessed in patients aged at least 18 years. Among 20489 antipsychotic drug users (8985 patient-years), unadjusted suicide event rates per 1000 patient-years were 21 for aripiprazole 24 for olanzapine 32 for quetiapine 20 for risperidone and 49 for ziprasidone. Compared with current users of the other antipsychotic... 

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