The Alberta Guideline on the Appropriate Use of Antipsychotic (AUA) Medications (2016) and accompanying resources provide health care professionals with direction regarding assessment and management of responsive behaviours associated with dementia.
Medstopper is a tool to help clinicians and patients make decisions about reducing or stopping medications. By entering the list of medications a patient is receiving, Medstopper sequences the drugs from "more likely to stop" to "less likely to stop", based on three key criteria: the potential of the drug to improve symptoms, its potential to reduce the risk of future illness and its likelihood of causing harm. Suggestions for how to taper the medication are also provided.
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This text offers the full support you need to provide the most effective medication management and therapeutic decisions for all healthcare professionals who treat elderly patients.