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Antipsychotic drugs linked to pituitary tumors
Jun 3, 2006 | Medscape Medical News
Treatment with potent D2-receptor antagonists such as risperidone (Risperdal, Janssen-Ortho) may be associated with pituitary tumors, researchers...
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...
Drug therapy caused some scary side effects
May 2, 2006 | USA Today
Erin Evans is one parent who wishes she had never heard of anti-psychotics. As a military couple, she and her husband, Joe, moved around frequently....
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...
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...
More kids get drugs that treat psychosis
Mar 17, 2006 | AP
Soaring numbers of U.S. children are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs in many cases, for attention deficit disorder or other behavioral problems...
America's Top-Selling Prescription Drugs a Who's Who of Blockbusters
Mar 4, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
According to a recent article in Forbes.com (2/27/06) that was based on figures obtained from IMS Health, a healthcare information company, the top...
Study Finds Hyperglycemia Linked to Antipsychotic Medications Validates Prior Research and Zyprexa Litigation Claims
Dec 1, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
A new study at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut found that those taking atypical antipsychotic drugs may be at risk for...
Antipsychotic Drugs Not Advised for Alzheimer's
Oct 25, 2005 | Washington Post
Frail, elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease who are given widely used antipsychotic drugs such as Zyprexa and Risperdal have a higher risk of...
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