The overlooked burden: anti-seizure medications, laxatives, and antipsychotics prescribed in primary care for people with intellectual disability
Nearly half of PwID on ASMs are prescribed laxatives, and over a third of them were also found to be taking antipsychotics. Given the significant links among epilepsy, constipation, and antipsychotic use to premature mortality in PwID, it is imperative to consider these factors collectively rather than individually.
Authors
- Richard Laugharne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-343X)
- Rohit Shankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-6933)
- Ian Wilson
Institutions
- Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (GB)
- Western Isles Hospital (GB)
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1714524
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00