Study: Doctors Prescribing Fewer Antipsychotics to Seniors

After the FDA put a "black box" warning on certain antipsychotics for seniors with dementia, doctors have been been prescribing less of those medications, a new study found. A "black box" warning is the strongest warning that the FDA can put on a medication short of pulling it from the market.

The study, which was published in the February 7 edition of the Archives of General Psychology, revealed that the overall use of antipsychotics dropped from 18 percent in 1999 to 12 percent in 2007. These findings were based on data from Veterans Affairs registries.

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