Mayo clinic brought up the question from one of it’s readers, “how effective are anti-psychotics in treating alzheimer’s?”. Antpsychotics, among them, Thorazine and Prolixin. These drugs have been used in many cases to treat conditions other than those diagnosed as psychotic such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and mania.

While these drugs may be effective in treating these conditions, using these drugs to help reduce agitation in Alzheimer’s patients has proved less effective than once thought by the medical community. A black-box warning has been issued by the FDA on some anti psychotics after a slight increase in the risk of death by those people suffering from dementia.

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