Antipsychotic (AP) medications are increasingly recognised for their association with a heightened risk of infections. Clozapine, an atypical AP reserved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Atypical antipsychotics, though not typically considered drugs of abuse, are now being used to enhance the effects of other drugs or as a way to counter the adverse effects of ...

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Antipsychotics can be life-changing for anyone experiencing psychosis, including people with schizophrenia. But they can also come with challenging side effects. Older, first-generation antipsychotics ...

In every state across America, Medicaid programs are under serious budgetary pressure. The need to contain costs has led to various forms of restriction in the coverage for drug therapy, including ...

Objective: To compare persistence, compliance, and psychiatric treatment costs in patients who were initiated on atypical antipsychotics. Methods: Medical and pharmacy claims data were used to compare ...

Treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents is often difficult due to the ego-syntonic nature of some of its expressions, such as strict dieting, excessive exercising, and low weight. Indeed, ...

07/07/11, Clearwater Beach, FL. Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of ...

"Up to a third of all elderly patients in nursing homes are treated with antipsychotic drugs," U.S. doctors reported two days ago in the British Medical Journal, in an article receiving widespread ...

Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO, a psychiatrist ...