A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study.
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study.
The research, led by the University of Plymouth and published in The Lancet, has shown that antidepressant mirtazapine offered no improvement in agitation for people with dementia – and was possibly more likely to be associated with mortality than no intervention at all.
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