Dementia: Antipsychotics linked to more harm than previously thought
The use of neuroleptics in adults with dementia is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of serious adverse ...
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Type 2 diabetes: a new treatment in sight?
Researchers have found that a class of antipsychotics could be a promising new treatment option for people with type 2 ...
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Antipsychotics don’t mix well with Parkinson’s disease
© iStockPhotosAt least half of patients with Parkinson's disease experience psychosis at some point in the course of the disease. ...
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Certain antipsychotics increase the risk of mortality in elderly patients
The researchers in this study recommend a cautious approach to these medications, especially for the elderly.Health care providers around the ...
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Meningitis: antipsychotics to boost antibiotic treatment
Researchers from the Cochin Institute have discovered how to boost antibiotic treatment against bacterial meningitis: use antipsychotics. Relatively unknown to ...
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Antipsychotics are over-prescribed to young people
Prescribing neuroleptics to young patients who do not necessarily suffer from psychoses can prove to be fatally dangerous. Yet it ...
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Autism: antidepressants and antipsychotics during pregnancy would not be responsible
The consumption of antidepressants and antipsychotics during pregnancy would ultimately not risk developing autistic disorders (ASD) in the unborn child. ...
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Schizophrenia: When an antipsychotic doesn’t work, switch to clozapine straight away
Replacing a non-working antipsychotic with another of the same class does not improve people with schizophrenia. This is the first ...
Read moreAntipsychotics don’t mix with Parkinson’s disease
© iStockPhotosAt least half of patients with Parkinson's disease experience psychosis at some point in the course of the disease. ...
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Schizophrenia Day: Proven Long-Term Benefit of Maintenance Therapy
A research team has shown in a follow-up of schizophrenics for 10 years that maintenance treatment after the first psychotic ...
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Antipsychotics: the end of side effects soon?
© ThinkstockEffective against psychosis or schizophrenia, antipsychotics (or neuroleptics) have been prescribed since the 1950s. Problem, they often cause heavy ...
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What do those antipsychotics do in the long term?
Pharmacist Sonja Keizers answers Pharmacist Sonja Keizers answers questions about medicines. This time: what do those antipsychotics do in the ...
Read moreSeveral antidepressants and antipsychotics are said to make you fat
March 27, 2008 - Several of the drugs prescribed to people with depression or other psychiatric disorders are believed to ...
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