Medication for Dementia-Related Agitation May Do More Harm Than Good

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Dementia news: the antidepressant Mirtazapine (Remeron) is prescribed to treat agitation in individuals with dementia. However, a new study has shown that it is no more effective than a placebo, and it may be more associated with mortality than no treatment.

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reference: Banerjee, S., et al. (2021). Study of mirtazapine for agitated behaviours in dementia (SYMBAD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet, 398.