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  • Title: Risperidone for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
    Author: Tune LE.
    Journal: J Clin Psychiatry; 2001; 62 Suppl 21():29-32. PubMed ID: 11584986.
    Abstract:
    Risperidone offers physicians the unique combination of extensive, published clinical experience and a good safety profile for treating patients with dementia who have symptoms of aggression, agitation, and psychosis. Numerous open-label and, more recently, placebo-controlled trials have documented the efficacy of risperidone in the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. These trials also show that risperidone is better tolerated than conventional neuroleptic agents. Comparatively, patients treated with risperidone experience substantially fewer side effects, including extrapyramidal symptoms, cognitive toxicity, and tardive dyskinesia.
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