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ANY patient on newer (atypical) antipsychotics 2.32 times more likely to have a stroke

September 3 2008 at 5:28 PM		than when not taking drugs 


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"...Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that any patients given antipsychotics were 1.73 times more likely to have a stroke than when they were not taking the drugs, with 1.69 times the risk on typical and 2.32 times on atypical antipsychotics..."

 
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