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Prescribing risperidone and haloperidol

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Prescribing risperidone and haloperidol

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NICE Guideline NG97 - Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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The marketing authorisation for risperidone only covers short-term treatment (up to 6 weeks) of persistent aggression in people with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease unresponsive to non-pharmacological approaches and when there is a risk of harm to self or others. The marketing authorisation for haloperidol only covers treatment of persistent aggression and psychotic symptoms in people with moderate to severe Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia when non-pharmacological treatments have failed and when there is a risk of harm to self or others.

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