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Do you see any reason to consider the use of brexpiprazole over older atypical antipsychotics that may be less expensive for the management of agitation refractory to nonpharmacological management in older adults with dementia?

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Do you see a role for brexpiprazole over older atypical antipsychotics that may be less expensive for the management of agitation refractory to nonpharmacological management in older adults with dementia?

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Geriatric Medicine · Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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While I will say up front that I am not an expert in Geriatric Psychiatry, I have not yet found a reason to start brexipipraxole out of the gate. For agitation that really requires pharmacologic management, my go-to remains Seroquel. It has one of the lowest rates of side effects, although we exploi...

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