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Atypical Antipsychotics
FDA Warns Doctors Antipsychotics Risky for Elderly
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 psychiatric...
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Expert & Community Posts
Short Term Use of Antipsychotic Drugs in Older People with Dementia Risky
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...researchers found a community based study group taking atypical antipsychotics were three times... Read more »
Bipolar or Schizophrenia?
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...meds to treat both illnesses is common practice. The atypical antipsychotics all came on the... Read more »
Tardive Dyskinesia: A Movement Disorder That Can Be Induced by Your Medications
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...treated for, and the current symptoms. As the newer, atypical antipsychotics become more widely... Read more »
Rethinking Antipsychotics - Part I
By John McManamy , Health Expert...are now called new-generation antipsychotics, or atypical antipsychotics. The drug was first... Read more »
Make New Meds, But keep the Old
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...disorder, doctors very commonly prescribe a newer atypical antipsychotic medication instead of... Read more »
Health Guide
Tardive dyskinesia
...Prevention References Nasrallah HA. Focus on lower risk of tardive dyskinesia with atypical antipsychotics. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Jan-Mar;18(1):57-62. Chen JJ, Lee KC.... Read more »Schizophrenia: Introduction
...(Risperdal) and aripiprazole (Abilify) for treatment schizophrenia in teenagers. These drugs are the first atypical antipsychotics approved specifically for children.Paliperidone (Invega) is the... Read more »Schizophrenia: Treatment
...paliperodine the most recent approved (in 2007). Clozapine appears to have more side effects than the other atypical antipsychotics. Most of these drugs come in pill form, but some may come in... Read more »Treatment-Resistant Depression
...antidepressants can work for some people, but there are few studies in this area. Some case reports indicate that atypical antipsychotics may help as well. Talk with your doctor and consider... Read more »Schizophrenia: Treatment
...antipsychotics are sometimes referred to as first-generation to distinguish them from newer second-generation atypical antipsychotics.Atypical antipsychotics. These newer drugs may be better... Read more »Images
Medications
... Aripiprazole is known as an antipsychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to... Read more »
...schizophrenia). Aripiprazole is known as an antipsychotic drug (atypical type). It works by... Read more »
...drugs (e.g., phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine, atypical anti-psychotics such as clozapine... Read more »
...schizophrenia). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by... Read more »
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August 28, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Even though there have been safety warnings about antipsychotic drugs among the elderly, a new study shows seniors continue to... Read summary »
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