Exposure to antipsychotics and risk of stroke

lavrock submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.bmj.com)

In UK primary care antipsychotic drug use was associated with an increased risk of stroke, and the risk was raised further by use of atypical drugs and by having dementia, according to this self controlled case series study. An accompaning editorial explains how this study design illustrates the relation between antipsychotics and stroke.

Keywords: risk factors psychosis stroke antipsychotics