Rethinking psychotropics in nursing homes

In reply: We thank Westbury and Peterson, and Mykyta for highlighting some of the issues raised in our article.1

Correspondence: sarah.hilmer@sydney.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

Danijela Gnjidic is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship.

Competing interests:

We conduct a program of research on optimising medication use by older people.

1. Hilmer SN, Gnjidic D. Rethinking psychotropics in nursing homes. Med J Aust 2013; 198: 77. <MJA full text>
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3. Declercq T, Petrovic M, Azermai M, et al. Withdrawal versus continuation of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; (3): CD007726. doi: 10.1002/14651858. CD007726.pub2.

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