GERIATRICS

Label Amended for Older Antipsychotics 8/19/2008

The FDA has acted to require manufacturers of an older class of drugs known as conventional antipsychotics to add boxed warnings to their labeling about an increased risk of death associated with their off-label use to treat behavioral problems in older patients with dementia.

TAGS: REGULATORY | PSYCHOTROPIC DISORDERS | DEMENTIA | CONVENTIONAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS | WARNING LABEL

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Label Amended for Older Antipsychotics 8/19/2008

DEMENTIA

Nonalzheimer’s Dementias 12/20/2007

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 1/23/2007