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Characteristics of an Ideal Drug for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Dilip V. Jeste  and
Jonathan P. Lacro
Dilip V. Jeste
Affiliation:
VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
Jonathan P. Lacro
Affiliation:
VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
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When an ideal drug for any medical condition is sought, both its efficacy and safety need to be examined. For the treatment of the complex of symptoms that constitute the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), much of the literature has focused on antipsychotic agents, including both types of D2 blockers: the conventional neuroleptics and the newer atypical agents. Fewer studies have investigated other medications, such as anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, betablockers, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and cholinergics.

Type
Pharmacologic Approaches
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , July 2000 , pp. 213 - 215
Copyright
© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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