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How antipsychotic medications lead to obesity and diabetes
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A number of antipsychotic drugs are known to cause the metabolic side effects of obesity and diabetes, leaving patients with a difficult choice between improving their mental health and damaging their physical health, researchers say.
Researchers Gain Ground on Antipsychotic Side EffectsPsychCentral.com

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Gedeon Richter, Forest Drug Cariprazine Succeeds in Third Phase III Bipoar ...
Genetic Engineering News
Gedeon Richter and partner Forest Laboratories reported postivie data from a Phase III study investigating the antipsychotic drug cariprazine (RGH-188) in patients with acute mania associated with bipolar I disorder. The reported five-week Phase III ...
Forest Laboratories reports positive data for bipolar disease drugZenopa

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How antipsychotic medications cause metabolic side effects such as obesity and ...
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In a paper published January 31 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) reveal how antipsychotic drugs interfere with normal metabolism by activating a protein called SMAD3, ...
Antipsychotic drugs can lead to diabetes according to researchDiabetes.co.uk

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GPs will face penalties for prescribing antipsychotics to patients with dementia
Pulse
GPs will be expected to eradicate antipsychotic medication for patients with dementia or face potential financial penalties under stringent new commissioning indicators. The target is one of 120 new draft indicators drawn up by NICE in the ...

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Nursing Home Investigation Finds Errors by Druggists
New York Times
A woman with a medical history of seizures was prescribed the antipsychotic drug Seroquel, despite research showing that elderly people who take antipsychotic drugs are more likely to experience seizures. She was also given the antidepressant Trazodone ...

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Bloomberg

J&J Said to Settle Texas Risperdal Drug Case
Bloomberg
Enlarge image J&J Said to Settle Texas Risperdal Anti-Psychotic Drug Case J&J Said to Settle Texas Risperdal Anti-Psychotic Drug Case Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Johnson & Johnson logos are displayed for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary settles Texas lawsuit over anti-psychotic drug ...Washington Post
J&J pays $158 million to settle Texas charges on Risperdal anti-psychotic drugPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)
J&J to Pay $158 Million to Settle Texas Risperdal Drug CaseBusinessWeek
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PsychCentral.com

Genetic Link to Child Complications from Antipsychotic Drugs
PsychCentral.com
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A Canadian study suggests a genetic variation can increase the risk of medical complications among children receiving antipsychotic medications. Investigators discovered the genetic variation can cause a six-fold ...

Antipsychotic Drugs Increase the Activity of Endogenous Retroviruses in Humans
HealthCanal.com
Neuherberg - The activity of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) in brain cells of patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders may be increased by treatment with antipsychotic medication. Scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum München show in the ...

Business Standard

New product launches hold key for Dr Reddys
Business Standard
Dr Reddy's stellar performance for the quarter ending December (Q3) was led by the launch of an anti-psychotic drug, Olanzapine generics (Zyprexa brand) in the US on an exclusivity basis. The pharmaceutical services and active ingredients (PSAI) ...
Dr Reddy's beats forecasts, with 88% profits hikeThe Pharma Letter
Success in USA sees Dr Reddy's post stellar figuresPharma Times

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Los Angeles Times

Judge orders 4 more months of treatment for Tucson shooting suspect
Los Angeles Times
She is waging a separate battle in federal court against the manner in which Loughner is being treated, arguing that the anti-psychotic drugs being forced on him could harm or kill him. As a pretrial detainee not convicted of any crime, Loughner has ...
In the NationPhiladelphia Inquirer
US judge grants more time for accused Tucson shooterReuters
Judge likely to extend commitment of accused Tucson gunmanChicago Tribune
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Antipsychotic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An antipsychotic (or neuroleptic) is a tranquilizing psychiatric medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions or hallucinations, as well as ...

Atypical antipsychotic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The atypical antipsychotics (AAP) (also known as second generation antipsychotics) are a group of antipsychotic tranquilizing drugs used to treat psychiatric conditions.

Antipsychotic Medications - Mental Health - Information on Mental ...
Antipsychotic medications are the treatment-of-choice for schizophrenia and similar severe mental disorders

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New antipsychotic drugs carry risks for children - USATODAY.com
None of the six anti-psychotic drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for adult schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression) is ...

Mechanisms of Action of Antipsychotic Drugs of Different Classes ...
Mechanisms of Action of Antipsychotic Drugs of Different Classes, Refractoriness to Therapeutic Effects of Classical Neuroleptics, and Individual Variation in ...

Side effects of atypical antipsychotics: a brief overview
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Child’s Ordeal Shows Dangers of Antipsychotic Drugs - NYTimes.com
OPELOUSAS, La. — At 18 months, Kyle Warren started taking a daily antipsychotic drug on the orders of a pediatrician trying to quell the boy’s severe ...

Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Information - U S Food and Drug ...
Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Information. Aripiprazole (marketed as Abilify) Asenapine Maleate (marketed as Saphris) Clozapine (marketed as Clozaril)

Atypical antipsychotic drugs | BMJ
How well do atypical antipsychotic drugs work?Evidence on the efficacy of typical versus atypical antipsychotics is contentious and often difficult to interpret owing ...