Psychotropic drug use among people with dementia – a six-month follow-up study
Open Access
- 7 November 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 56
Abstract
Psychotropic drugs are widely used among old people with dementia but few studies have described long-term treatment in this group of patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the long-term use of psychotropic drugs in old people with dementia.Keywords
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