Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care.

GUIDELINE TITLE
Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care. London (UK): National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); 2006. 417 p. (National clinical practice guideline; no. 42). [801 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

** REGULATORY ALERT **
FDA WARNING/REGULATORY ALERT
Note from the National Guideline Clearinghouse: This guideline references a drug(s) for which important revised regulatory and/or warning information has been released.

December 16, 2008 - Antiepileptic drugs: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its analysis of reports of suicidality (suicidal behavior or ideation [thoughts]) from placebo-controlled clinical trials of drugs used to treat epilepsy, psychiatric disorders, and other conditions. Based on the outcome of this review, FDA is requiring that all manufacturers of drugs in this class include a Warning in their labeling and develop a Medication Guide to be provided to patients prescribed these drugs to inform them of the risks of suicidal thoughts or actions. FDA expects that the increased risk of suicidality is shared by all antiepileptic drugs and anticipates that the class labeling change will be applied broadly.
June 17, 2008 - Antipsychotics (conventional and atypical]): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals that both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis. The prescribing information for all antipsychotic drugs will now include information about the increased risk of death in the BOXED WARNING and WARNING sections.

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