Pharmaco-epidemiological description of the population of the Marche Region (central Italy) treated with the antipsychotic drug olanzapine

• Main Authors: Fiorenzo Mignini (Author), Maurizio Sabbatini (Author), Chiara Pascucci (Author), Fabio Petrelli (Author), Iolanda Grappasonni (Author), Nicola Vanacore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND. In Italy, even though olanzapine has been discouraged for treatment of behaviour disorders in older patients affected by dementia, some physicians chose to prescribe for them. In response to this situation, the Italian Drug Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, AIFA) promulgated a cautio...