A study warning: Sharp side effects of antipsychotic drugs

On Thursday, a study published on Thursday noted serious side effects related to the use of antipsychotic agents, to calm the symptoms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease, which fueled the controversy over these drugs. The study published in British magazine “British Medical Journal” said that “the use of antipsychotics in adults with dementia is associated with an increased risk of stroke, intravenous blood clots, myocardial infarction, heart failure and fractures, pneumonia and acute kidney failure.” Risperidon, haloperidol, kytapine and oanzapine are usually used to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. Sometimes against depression that is resistant to other medicines. But it is sometimes given to patients with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, not to repair these diseases that often heal, but to soothe certain symptoms such as aggressive behavior, but this use causes great controversy; Because of the dangerous side effects that can cause these drugs, and its limited effectiveness. The UK is not allowed, where the BMG study was conducted, except through the use of reciperidon and halopperidol to treat dementia. The BMG study showed greater risks of antipsychotics used to treat dementia; This has been shown by previous studies, including pneumonia. However, this study, based on a retrospective examination of the data from the UK health care system, does not confirm a direct relationship between the cause and the result. For example, in some cases, pneumonia has contributed to the occurrence of dementia, and thus describing its treatment, not the other way around. However, a number of neuroscientists and aging praised the methodology and the important nature of this study, and neurologist Charles Marcel said that “the risk lies in the fact that dangerous anti -mentalities are prescribed for a simple reason for a simple reason that a sufficient number of workers are trained in the field of health care.”