Seroquel

Yesterday my mom had her doctors appointment with her AD doctor. I had previously written him an email about my concerns, and from what she said on the phone last night, her Aricept medication was not increased, but instead, the doctor gave her 25mg of Seroquel. Now, I have a family member who was taking this medication for another disorder, so I was a little surprised to find out that my mother had been prescribed it. I looked it up, and everything I read said that elderly patients showing signs of dementia should NOT take this medication. So why is my mom on it? Right on the Seroquel home page it says this. . .

Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis (having lost touch with reality due to confusion and memory loss) treated with this type of medicine are at an increased risk of death, compared to placebo (sugar pill). SEROQUEL is not approved for treating these patients.

I also found this on the wikipedia site. .

A 2005 British Medical Journal report showed that quetiapine was ineffective in reducing agitation among Alzheimer's patients, whose consumption of the drug then constituted 29% of sales; in fact, quetiapine was found to make cognitive functioning worse in elderly patients with dementia.[6]

I'm very concerned about my mom being on this medication. I'm going to email the doctor again today, hopefully, I'll get some answers.