Discontinuation vs continuation of antipsychotic medication
Success of withdrawal from antipsychotics · older people with dementia who had been taking an antipsychotic drug for at least 3 months
Discontinuation may leads to lower success of withdrawal from antipsychotics compared with continuation of antipsychotic medication (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Withdrawal versus continuation of long‐term antipsychotic drug use for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older… 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted9 studies · 575 participantsLow