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posted 01/09/2008, comment (1)

Meds or Not

Meds or Not I have been taking a combination of drugs for the past eight years with relative success. Risperdal and Paxil were my first medications. The Risperdal took away all feelings and made me very focused with a side effect of extreme weight gain and subsequently diabetes. Before Risperdal my mood swings were exaggerated from low to... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/27/2007, comments (2)

Solutions: Taking the Medications

When I was a disc jockey, I'd mix intuitive segues: rock-n-roll and the blues, classical and punk. So, too, with my writing, I make connective leaps, and right now I found the perfect words to link to this blog entry on taking medications. Elizabeth Gilbert-a smart, beautiful, kind writer-wrote in Eat Pray Love: "If faith were... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/20/2007, comments (2)

New Haldol Warning Label

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires new labeling on Johnson & Johnson's Haldol (generic: Haloperidol) noting QT prolongation and Torsades de Pointes as serious side effects. A number of case reports indicated sudden death, most where patients took the drug at higher doses than recommended, or were given it... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/16/2007, comments (0)

The FDA / DDMAC Request that Pfizer Discontinue use of an Ad for Geodon for Injection

I have reviewed materials available to me concerning the recent request by the Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Pfizer discontinue its use of an ad placed in a professional journal for Geodon (ziprasidone mesylate) for injection. These materials included a... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/16/2007, comments (0)

FDA Claims Pfizer Schizophrenia Drug Ad Misleading

The FDA has ruled that Pfizer violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with a false or misleading advertisement in a medical journal, which claims Geodon (ziprasidone mesylate) for Injection has "proven advantages over haloperidol IM-twice the improvement as measured on the BPRS." (Brook S, et al, J Clin Psychiatry... Read more Chevron

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