Tablet Splitting in Elderly Patients with Dementia: The Case of Quetiapine

• Main Authors: Roberta Ganzetti (Author), Serena Logrippo (Author), Matteo Sestili (Author), Alessandro Caraffa (Author), Marco Cespi (Author), Giuseppe Pelliccioni (Author), Paolo Blasi (Author), Giulia Bonacucina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic approved for treating schizophrenia, bipolar depression, and mania but is frequently used in an off-label manner to control the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in elderly patients with dementia. Due to the need to personalize doses for elderl...