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Atypical Antipsychotics Linked to Worrisome Weight Gains, Other Outcomes, in Children
Oct 28, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Yet another study has linked significant weight gains in children to some antipsychotic medication. Forbes reported that an emerging study found that...
American Children Take the Most Psychotropic Drugs
Sep 26, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A new study reports that American children are about three times likelier to be prescribed psychotropic medications than children in Europe. ...
Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Used Inappropriately, Prescribed too Often, Critics Charge
Feb 18, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Zyprexa, Seroquel, Abilify and other atypical antipsychotic drugs, meant to be used sparingly for severe mental illness like schizophrenia and...
Bristol Myers Squibb to Pay $515 Million for Kickbacks, Off-Label Marketing and Price Fixing Schemes
Oct 1, 2007
| Parker Waichman LLP
Bristol Myers Squibb and its affiliate Apothecon, Inc. paid kickbacks to physicians for prescribing the company’s drugs and illegally promoted...
Adult anti-psychotics can worsen troubles
May 2, 2006
| USA Today
Evan Kitchens, a cheerful fourth-grader who loves basketball and idolizes his 16-year-old brother, had been hospitalized for mental illness by the...
New antipsychotic drugs carry risks for children
May 2, 2006
| USA Today
Nancy Thomas remembers the bad old days when she had to wear long-sleeve clothes to church to cover bite marks all over her arms from her daughter...
Antipsychotic drug use among kids soars
May 2, 2006
| AP
The number of children taking antipsychotic medicines soared 73 percent in the four years ending in 2005, far outpacing the increase in adults,...
A rush to overprescribe?
May 2, 2006
| USA Today
Rising numbers of U.S. children are taking a new generation of anti-psychotic drugs called atypicals. Although the six drugs: Clozaril, Risperdal,...
For foster kids, oversight of prescriptions is scarce
May 2, 2006
| USA Today
Foster children are of special concern to some experts who fear atypical anti-psychotics may be prescribed without the careful oversight usually...
Alzheimer Drugs May Increase Death Risks
Oct 19, 2005
| www.newsinferno.com
Popular antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of death when given to people with dementia, according to an analysis done by researchers at the...
