{
  "abstract": "Background and Importance The prescription of psychotropic drugs in residents with intellectual disabilities is very common and it is frequently done to modify behavioural alterations. We want to analyse our data to see the way we are doing.Aim and Objectives The aim is to know what type of psychotropic drugs are prescribed in our intellectual disability Centres.Material and Methods Descriptive and cross-sectional study in two social-health centres for intellectual disabilities, in which the prescriptions of 140 residents are analysed. Demographic data, lines of treatment prescribed per resident, psychotropic drugs prescribed, most frequent subgroups as well as number and antipsychotics prescribed are collected.Results 824 lines of pharmacological treatment were obtained in 140 residents of two centres, 94 of them men and 46 women. The average number of treatment lines per patient is 5.85.84.51% of the residents are being treated with psychotropics (67.50% are men and 32.50% women). Among these, 31.54% are being treated with antipsychotics, 27.24% with antiepileptics, 15.05% with antidepressants, 8.96% with anxiolytics, 6.09% with analgesics, 5.73% with antiparkinsonian drugs (for reverse extrapyramidal symptoms) and 5.38% with hypnotics.If we focus on antipsychotics, the most prescribed is risperidone (26.1%), followed by levomepromazine (14.5%), olanzapine (12.7%), quetiapine (10.4%) and clothiapine (9%). Point out that 59.09% of residents take one antipsychotic, 32.95% two, 4.55% three, and 3.41% four.Regarding antiepileptics, valproate is the most prescribed (30.30%) followed by clonazepam (14.42%), phenobarbital (12.12%) and levetiracetam (11.36%). The high prescription of valproate could be justified by its off-label use as mood stabilisers and clonazepam by its anxiolytic effect.Conclusion and Relevance The number of treatment lines per patient is a high 5.85 average.The prescription of psychotropic drugs is very high (84.51%).The most prescribed group are antipsychotics, with risperidone and levomepromazine being the most prescribed. Note that 32.95% of residents have been prescribed two antipsychotics.Antiepileptics are the second most prescribed group; their justification could be due to their off–label use.This review serves as a starting point to improve the therapeutic approach in residents with intellectual disabilities.Conflict of Interest No conflict of interest",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centro Sociosanitario San José, Servicio De Farmacia, Pamplona, Spain"
      ],
      "name": "MA Iriarte"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centro Sociosanitario San José, Servicio De Farmacia, Pamplona, Spain"
      ],
      "name": "A Gascón"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Residencia El Vergel, Medico, Pamplona, Spain"
      ],
      "name": "A Satiro"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centro Sociosanitario San José, Medico, Pamplona, Spain"
      ],
      "name": "E Montoya"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centro Sociosanitario San José, Médico, Pamplona, Spain"
      ],
      "name": "A Navarro"
    }
  ],
  "title": "4CPS-158 Are we managing behaviour or overmedicating? A look at psychotropic use in intellectual disability",
  "uid": "a1829a8e-31de-5c41-ba1b-d2ac9d717c30"
}