What Doctors Don't Tell YouIt's difficult to decide if Parkinson's disease patients have more to fear from the illness than the drugs to treat it. Around 22 per cent suffer drug induced psychosis, often resulting in nursing ...
If you ever wonder whether doctors ever read the fine print in their MIMS and other reference books of drug side effects, look no further than the case of Melleril, which was withdrawn in December ...
Doctors in nursing homes prescribe antipsychotic drugs with the same lack of thought that the service staff employs to place the order for tomorrow's newspapers. Most of the elderly residents have dementia, or so the doctors conclude, and so an...
Medicine's standard response to dementia is a prescription drug, ranging from an antipsychotic, an antidepressant or a mood stabilizer. But a new study has revealed that the benefits of the drugs are, at best, modest, and they can increase the...
Prozac is not the only mood-altering drug approved for use in children. In fact, a number of drugs have been cleared for use in the under-18s even though few have been safety-tested in this age group
