Variation in schizophrenia treatment - ModernMedicine

Patients with schizophrenia who switched from haloperidol decanoate or fluphenazine decanoate to risperidone microspheres discontinued their treatment more frequently, according to a new study published in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Mental Illness Is the Leading Cause of Hospitalization for Active-Duty Troops - NationalJournal.com

Top military leaders recently have acknowledged that some of the prescription drugs used to treat mental illness, including second-generation antipsychotic drugs—also known as atypical antipsychotics—such as Seroquel and Risperidone ...

Mental Health: The road to diagnosis is filled with twists and turns - Toronto Star

They have also told him he is bipolar. Most recently, he has been diagnosed with a form of pre-schizophrenia. He has been prescribed Risperidone, an antipsychotic drug. But he’s no closer to knowing what ails him. Bak’s experience is not unusual.

Alkermes plc Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2012) - Yahoo! Finance

The company also manufactures RISPERDAL CONSTA, a formulation of risperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In addition, it is developing Exenatide once weekly for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; ALKS 33, an opioid modulator ...

Soldiers, veterans, PTSD and antipsychotic drugs - Philadelphia Daily News

Seroquel XR brought in another $1.1 billion with 2.9 million scripts, IMS said. Risperidone, the generic that spun out of Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal was the second-most prescribed antipsychotic during that period with 12.2 million scripts written.

Assessing Behavioral Effects of Fetal Exposure to Atypical Antipsychotics - familypracticenews.com

In addition, with a sample of only 12 infants exposed to multiple atypical antipsychotics (aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, or ziprasidone), 9 exposed to the typical antipsychotic haloperidol, and 1 exposed to both haloperidol ...

Antipsychotic polypharmacy in a regional health service: a population-based study - BioMed Central

Of the patients given antipsychotics in association, 58% were men. Olanzapine (37.1%) and oral risperidone (36.4%) were the most common dispensations. Analysis of the patients dispensed two antipsychotics (57.8%) revealed 198 different combinations ...

Military taking steps to limit use of antipsychotics for PTSD - Philadelphia Daily News

Several of the more-prominent antipsychotic drugs, in addition to Seroquel, are Abilify, Zyprexa, and risperidone, which is the generic version of Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal.

Increased risk of death associated with off-label use of antipsychotic drugs to treat psicosis in older people with dementia - Xagena Medical News

The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has required manufacturers of conventional antipsychotic drugs to make safety-related changes to prescribing information, or labeling, to warn about an increased risk of death associated with the off-label use of ...