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Questions discussed in this category



Which genetic/other testing should be considered in an early-onset dementia work-up? 

What are your thoughts on the ethics of inpatient use of sedatives in these patients to help with agitation to “protect themselves from harm and...

How do you treat dangerous behavioral disturbances (aggression, nighttime wandering) in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)?

Do you avoid due to the increased risk of GI adverse events?

There does not appear to be any guidance from the most recent published protocols on this topic. For individuals with dementia, recommendations call f...

Benzodiazepines are not ideal in this population. Are there superior alternatives, perhaps antipsychotics, that are effective and superior?


Papers discussed in this category


Paediatr Drugs, 2017 Aug

Pain Med, 2017 05 01

Journal of psychiatric practice, 2018-11

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019-05

Med Hypotheses, 2006 Nov 28

J Am Acad Dermatol, 2021 Apr 18

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry,

Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2008 Nov 17

Mov Disord Clin Pract, 2022 Oct 23

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022 Aug 15

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2022

JAMA network open, 2022 Dec 01

International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2023 Jun 08

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Nov 20

International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2023 May 07

Headache, 2010-06

Headache, 2012 Jan 30

Neurology, 2019 Dec 02

Headache, 2023 Jan 27

JAMA neurology, 2018-05-01

Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022 May 13

Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2024 Feb 02