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Risperidone in the Treatment of Agitated and Aggressive Patients with Dementia
Author(s) -
Lipski P.S.,
Death J.W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1995.tb00724.x
Subject(s) - risperidone , dementia , extrapyramidal symptoms , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychology , psychomotor agitation , antipsychotic , disease
Patients with dementia often present with challenging behavioural disorders. Paranoid delusions, hallucinations and agitated and aggressive behaviour are common and difficult to treat. The currently available drugs to treat such disorders, especially neuroleptic agents, result in a high frequency of complications including extrapyramidal syndromes. Risperidone, a new neuroleptic, is now available for the treatment of schizophrenia in younger patients. This study describes a series of eleven elderly patients with dementia who were successfully treated with risperidone for the control of agitated and aggressive behaviour. Controlled trials over a longer period need to be conducted.