People living with dementia often have behavioural and psychiatric symptoms, such as agitation, and when these are severe, antipsychotics can be prescribed. Guidelines recommend prescribing antipsychotics at the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible time, but does this really happen in practice? 

Juan Carlos Bazo Alvarez and Claudia Cooper's research team looked at primary care data from the UK, to assess prescribing practice, and found that prescriptions are higher and for longer than is recommended. In the podcast, we talk about their study and how things could be improved.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(25)00261-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_September_25_lanpsy

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