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Approximately 50% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients will develop psychotic symptoms and these patients will experience severe rapid cognitive decline compared with those without psychosis (AD-P). Currently, no medication has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for AD with psychosis (AD+P) specifically, although atypical antipsychotics are widely used in clinical practice. These drugs have demonstrated modest efficacy in managing psychosis in individuals with AD, with an increased frequency of adverse events, including excess mortality.

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