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Conventional Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Death in Elderly Patients
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Title Conventional Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Death in Elderly Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579799?src=rss
Description Elderly patients prescribed a conventional, first-generation antipsychotic have a 30% increased risk of dying compared with those prescribed atypical, second-generation antipsychotics, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Family Medicine
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Date Aug 29, 2008
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