This Plain Language Summary of Publication article (PLSP) from Future Neurology examined parkinson’s disease, which increases fall and fracture risk, with 25%-40% of patients developing psychosis. Both Parkinson’s disease psychosis and off-label atypical antipsychotic treatments may further elevate these risks, which are major causes of injury and death in elderly long-term care residents.

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This PLSP is based on an article called ‘Falls and Fractures among Nursing Home Residents Treated with Pimavanserin versus Other Atypical Antipsychotics: Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries with Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis’ and was published in Drugs Real World Outcomes.

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