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Do Antipsychotics Cause Hip Fractures? Promise and Pitfalls of Big Data

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Article Abstract Because this piece does not have an abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text. Wu et al report in this issue of the Journal that, on the basis of reimbursement claims, patients with schizophrenia who were currently on antipsychotic drug treatment had a higher risk of hip fractures than patients who were not currently on antipsychotics, based on reimbursement claims. Furthermore, more fractures occurred with typical antipsychotics than with atypical antipsychotics. This finding is consistent with a modest body of literature based on various registries. Studies by Vestergaard et al, Sørensen et al, and Pouwels et al showed more hip fractures in individuals receiving antipsychotics compared to controls.

Source: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

DOI: 10.4088/jcp.14com09551

Authors: John M. Davis, Christopher E. Ramsden

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health