Prescribing cascade in a geropsychiatric patient: A slippery slope

Prescribing cascade in a geropsychiatric patient: A slippery slope

A prescribing cascade is a situation, in which an adverse drug reaction is mistaken for a new medication condition, and a new medication is prescribed. We present a case, in which risperidone led to a prescribing cascade in a geriatric patient. We share this case to improve awareness and vigilance o...

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Main Authors: Patricia A Pepa, Michael H Langley-DeGroot, Oresta S Rule
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Geriatric Mental Health
Subjects:
Adverse drug reaction
antipsychotics
polypharmacy
prescribing cascade
risperidone
Online Access:http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2018;volume=5;issue=1;spage=62;epage=64;aulast=Pepa

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