People with type 2 diabetes have twice the risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) if they take some commonly prescribed antibiotic, antipsychotic or prokinetics drugs, or have low fasting blood sugar, ...

A study analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given antipsychotic medications showed a ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to ...

Starting antipsychotic treatment for schizoaffective symptoms is an important step if you want to manage this complex mental health condition. Schizoaffective disorder combines symptoms of ...

Two new studies make vastly different arguments about how using — or intentionally not using — antipsychotic medications in US nursing homes affects residents. One linked admission to a nursing home ...

Since the first antipsychotic medication, chlorpromazine, was developed in the early 1950s, it could be argued that not all that much has changed in the pharmacological treatment of psychotic ...

Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.

People with Parkinson’s disease should be aware that some medications, like certain antipsychotics, can worsen motor symptoms by blocking dopamine receptors. Taking MAO-B inhibitors, a common ...