Dementia
For people with learning difficulties initiate treatment with low doses and titrate cautiously with frequent monitoring for side effects
Additional resources
KM Dementia medication prescribing guidance
NHS England antipsychotic use in dementia toolkit
British Association for Psychopharmacology Clinical practice with anti-dementia drugs
NICE CG42 Dementia: Supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care
NICE CG103 Delirium: Diagnosis, prevention and management
NICE TA217 Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
NICE advice ESUOM41 Management of aggression, agitation and behavioural disturbances in dementia: valproate preparations
NICE advise ESUOM40 Management of aggression, agitation and behavioural disturbances in dementia: carbamazepine
NICE advice KTT7 Low-dose antipsychotics in people with dementia
PrescQIPP Reducing Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia Toolkit