What Doctors Don't Tell YouSeveral years ago, the warning flag went up for the antipsychotic drug thioridazine, marketed as Melleril. Both the UK and US drug regulatory authorities warned that the drug could cause sudden death
The use of antipsychotic drugs appears to be a risk factor for venous thrombosis (VT), according to a new report from the Netherlands. ...
About 88 per cent of elderly people in nursing homes are being given antipsychotic drugs inappropriately, researchers have discovered after visiting 28 homes in Glasgow. ...
Prozac, dubbed "the happy drug" by some zealots, may need a new sobriquet soon when word gets out that it could cause sexual dysfunction in up to 34 per cent of users. ...
Schizophrenia is now widely believed to be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and powerful psychoactive drugs are used to control it.
Clozaril (clozapine) has been seen as the last great hope for seriously schizophrenic patients who have not been helped by other antipsychotic drugs. Not only did patients show real improvements with Clozaril, they were free of the embarrassing...
Remoxipride is a new antipsychotic drug, marketed as Roxiam in the UK by Astra Pharmaceuticals. It is used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of psychoses which are accompanied by delusions, ...
Latest research has found that lower-than-recommended doses of the antipsychotic drug risperidone can actually help patients leave hospital early and prevent them returning again with the same problems.
Data from an international review suggest that a wide range of antipsychotic drugs can result in heart muscle damage. ...
Atypical antipsychotic drugs such as clozapine and sertindole appear to be no more effective than conventional drugs, according to a report by UK researchers. ...
