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Antipsychotic Medication Use in the Elderly Patient

Avera Behavioral Health Center, 4400 W 69th St, Ste 1500, Sioux Falls, SD 57108, matthew.malone@mckennan .org

Ryan M. Carnahan, PharmD, MS, BCPP

University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Eric C. Kutscher, PharmD, BCPP

Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota and Avera Behavioral Health Center, Sioux Falls, and South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy, Brookings, South Dakota

The use of antipsychotic medications in the elderly can be very complex and is ever changing. Consideration must be given to not only the physiologic and functional changes normally associated with age but also to the latest data on safety and adverse outcomes associated with using these agents. Because of new and changing information, this article will review the effects of aging, side effects of antipsychotic medications, and the current issues surrounding their use in elderly patients for those clinicians who are not specialists in this area of practice.

Key Words: Antipsychotics • elderly patients • adverse effects.

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