Medications that can be dangerous for dementia

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Welcome to the place where I share dementia tips, strategies, and information for family members caring for a loved one with any type of dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, etc.)

In today’s video, I talk about medications that are commonly prescribed to people with dementia even though they can be extremely dangerous. These medications have something called a Black Box warning meaning that the FDA has determined that these medications have high rate of serious negative side effects. If someone with dementia has some "difficult" behaviors, it is not unusual for one of these medications to be prescribed. You can learn more about these medications and their side effects in this video so you can be more informed when you talk to your loved one's doctor.

Here's a link to my behavior playlist that goes over all the non-medication ways to respond to difficult dementia behavior. Even if someone with dementia is prescribed a medication for behavior, you will want to consider using these approaches as well: https://youtube.com/playlist?l....ist=PL98pUDsDskLfN_h

Agitation and Irritability in Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidenced-based Treatments and the Black Box Warning.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC64838

Antipsychotic drug use since the FDA black box warning: survey of nursing home policies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21450177/

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In today’s video, I talk about medications that are commonly prescribed to people with dementia even though they can be extremely dangerous. These medications have something called a Black Box warning meaning that the FDA has determined that these medications have high rate of serious negative side effects. If someone with dementia has some "difficult" behaviors, it is not unusual for one of these medications to be prescribed. You can learn more about these medications and their side effects in this video so you can be more informed when you talk to your loved one's doctor.

Here's a link to my behavior playlist that goes over all the non-medication ways to respond to difficult dementia behavior. Even if someone with dementia is prescribed a medication for behavior, you will want to consider using these approaches as well: https://youtube.com/playlist?l....ist=PL98pUDsDskLfN_h

Agitation and Irritability in Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidenced-based Treatments and the Black Box Warning.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC64838

Antipsychotic drug use since the FDA black box warning: survey of nursing home policies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21450177/

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