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The increased risk associated with haloperidol and chlorpromazine dispensing should be interpreted cautiously because confounding by medical illness cannot be excluded despite adjusting the model for multiple variables. This study supports the findings from other data linkage studies that atypical antipsychotic medications are not associated with increased risk of death compared with conventional antipsychotic drugs.

Haloperidol is associated with significantly higher mortality rates than other AP medication but it is not clear whether this represents drug toxicity or the medical conditions for which it was dispensed. There was no evidence that the conventional AP pericyazine was associated with a higher mortality rate than olanzapine or risperidone.

Haloperidol is associated with significantly higher mortality rates than other AP medication but it is not clear whether this represents drug toxicity or the medical conditions for which it was dispensed. There was no evidence that the conventional AP pericyazine was associated with a higher mortality rate than olanzapine or risperidone.