What is your antipsychotic of choice and general titration regimen in the outpatient setting for a patient with dementia and behavioral disturbances (assuming reversible causes such as urinary retention, constipation, etc. have been addressed)?
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Geriatric Medicine · Twin Cities Physicians
While not set in stone and knowing that there is a black box warning, make sure you get informed consent. I start with low doses of quetiapine (12.5 to 25 mg), as it has the shortest half-life, and will use it twice or 3 times a day. This allows for quicker recovery if they are too sedated. Dependin...
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Geriatric Medicine · University of Minnesota
All have limited evidence, but aripiprazole, olanzapine, and risperidone generally have the most evidence behind them. (f.e, Maher et al., PMID 21954480). Caveat is brexpiprazole, which has FDA approval for use in Alzheimer's Dementia, in part because it was specifically studied for that purpose.
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Psychiatry · McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
For antipsychotics in BPSD - I have been following a similar version of this for years with good outcomes.