What Doctors Don't Tell YouClozaril (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...
Crestor (rosuvastatin): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory notifying healthcare professionals that 22 members of the European Union (EU) have modified their labels for this drug
Data from an international review suggest that a wide range of antipsychotic drugs can result in heart muscle damage. ...
The so-called ‘atypical antipsychotic drugs’ have been hailed as a pharmaceutical breakthrough and have, by now, largely replaced the old guard of neuroleptics. However, a recent overview of these modern medicines questions the claim that this new...
Psychiatric patients, especially those under 40, are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Schizophrenics are two to three times more likely to die of heart disease than the rest of us (Diabetes Care, 2003; 26: 1597-605).
It'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 ...
The latest antipsychotic drugs may not be any more effective than the older, conventional ones used for treating illnesses such as schizophrenia, according to trials carried out last year.
