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From Our Experts
Meds Compliance: Problem Meds
This is the fourth in my series on meds compliance. My last two posts looked at "The Problem Patient" and "The Problem Psychiatrist,"... Read more »
Meds Compliance: The "Problem" Patient, Meds, and Clinician
I am putting together a talk that I will be delivering next month in Princeton as a grand rounds lecture to psychiatrists and other... Read more »
From Our Sources
Q&A: Schizophrenia med compliance
A mother writes that her son, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, stops taking his Risperdal when he is feeling better. She then has... Read more »
Epilepsy meds may be linked to schizophrenia
Treatment in childhood with epilepsy medications may be linked to the development of schizophrenia later in life, some researchers say. Scientists... Read more »
Study: Surgery no better than meds for knee OA
Arthroscopic knee surgery is no better for treating age-related osteoarthritis (OA) than rigorous physical therapy or drug treatment, a new study... Read more »
FTC: Generic biologic meds delay is too long
Officials at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) say the 12- to 14-year patent-protection period given to biologic medications is too long to "promote... Read more »
Discovery could lead to better meds for schizophrenia, Alzheim...
Scientists may have found a way to target specific receptors in the brain so that drugs may better treat the cognitive and motor problems related to... Read more »
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