Psychotropic drug prescription rates in primary care for people with dementia from recorded diagnosis onwards.
Karlijn J JolingMaud Ten KoppelHein P J van HoutBregje D Onwuteaka-PhilipsenAnneke L FranckeRobert A VerheijJos W R TwiskRob J van MarumPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2020)
After a dementia diagnosis is recorded in general practice, the prevalence of psychotropic drug prescriptions is substantial and increases steadily during the disease trajectory of persons with dementia. Although the (in)appropriateness of prescribing was not assessed, these insights may stimulate primary care clinicians to (re)consider their prescription policy of psychotropics for people with dementia more carefully.