Management of schizophrenia in late life with antipsychotic medications: A qualitative review

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 961-980

  Suzuki, Takefumi ^a,b,c   Remington, Gary ^a,b   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Rajji, Tarek K ^a   Graff Guerrero, Ariel ^a,b   Mamo, David C ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Clozapine; Elderly; Olanzapine; Risperidone; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOSERINE; FLUPHENAZINE; FLUPHENAZINE DECANOATE; GALANTAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LIPID; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PALIPERIDONE; PEROSPIRONE; PROLACTIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; REMOXIPRIDE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 82455175542     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11595830-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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