The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to physicians that conventional antipsychotic medication, used to treat behavioral problems in elderly people suffering from dementia, can increase their risk of death.
Conventional antipsychotic medications, also known as major tranquillizers, include haloperidol, thioridazine, fluphenazine, thiothixene, pimozide, trifluoperazine and perphenazine. Some of these drugs have been used since the 1960s. They revolutionized...
A study by the Harvard Medical School published this week has again highlighted the risks of using antipsychotic medication for people with... Read more »
Antipsychotic medications are used to control psychoses such as schizophrenia, but they can also be used to treat behavioral disturbances... Read more »
It is estimated that 3-10 percent of all hospital admissions for elderly patients are due to adverse drug reactions. Thirty percent of all... Read more »
Antipsychotic drugs were first developed to treat the delusions and hallucinations of schizophrenia. Since people with Bipolar I disorder... Read more »
Bmj.com has published an article from The British Medical Journal about a study showing that antipsychotics are not a good option for... Read more »
Weight gain is a common side effect of such mood-stabilizing drugs as Zyprexa, Risperdal, and Zyprexa. But a new study has found that adding the... Read more »
A new study suggests that antipsychotic drugs are not the answer to treating delusions and aggression in Alzheimer's patients. According to the... Read more »
According to a new study, American children are prescribed antipsychotic medications much more frequently than British children, but the use of these... Read more »
By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read more »
Antipsychotic drugs that are used to treat children with bipolar disorder, autism, and even ADHD may increase a child's risk of developing diabetes,... Read more »
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