High doses of antipsychotics may increase mortality among adolescents without diagnosed psychosis: JAMA Niveditha Subramani2 Dec 2023 9:15 AM ISTWorldwide around 14% to 20% of children and adolescents have a diagnosable mental illness. The FDA has approved the use of antipsychotic medications...
Treatment of bipolar disorder with valproate and antipsychotics linked to risk of diabetes mellitus Niveditha Subramani27 Jun 2023 8:30 AM ISTBipolar disorder is a severe mental disorder with high comorbidity with diabetes mellitus (DM). Specifically, the prevalence of diabetes among...
JnJ gets CDSCO Panel nod to study antipsychotic drug Paliperidone Palmitate Dr. Divya Colin29 Sept 2022 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pharmaceutical major, Johnson and Johnson has got a go ahead from the Subject Expert Committee SEC functional under Central Drug Standard...
Antipsychotics become less effective for relapse prevention after the second relapse: Lancet Jacinthlyn Sylvia7 Aug 2022 7:26 PM ISTA new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that after the second relapse, antipsychotics' relapse prevention efficacy significantly...
Do antipsychotics decrease agitation and psychosis in dementia? Medha Baranwal24 Jun 2022 8:00 PM ISTGermany: A Cochrane review suggested that there is some evidence that typical antipsychotics might reduce psychosis and agitation in dementia...
Antipsychotic Use During Pregnancy and Risk for Gestational Diabetes Dr. Nandita Mohan25 May 2022 5:45 PM ISTCNS Drugs journal brought out the study that aimed to assess whether antipsychotic use during pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes and...
Antipsychotics exposure during pregnancy increases risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: JAMA Medical Dialogues Editorial Team30 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTUSA: The higher incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) among children born to mothers who used antipsychotic medicines late in pregnancy...
Antipsychotics for maintenance treatment should be determined mostly by tolerability: Lancet Medical Dialogues Editorial Team29 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTGermany: There was no indication of apparent differences between antipsychotics for relapse prevention, the choice of antipsychotic for maintenance...
Use of popular Anti-emetics linked to heightened risk of stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 March 2022 10:30 AM ISTDrugs known as antidopaminergic antiemetics (ADAs) are widely used to relieve nausea and vomiting caused by migraine, chemotherapy or radiotherapy,...
Anti-psychotic use does not increase mortality in COVID-19, finds JAMA study. Dr. Shivi Kataria16 Oct 2021 9:00 AM ISTSchizophrenia spectrum disorders are associated with increased mortality in the setting of COVID-19 infection. One speculation for this observation...
"Prolactin-increasing" antipsychotics tied to breast cancer in female schizophrenics, Lancet study. Dr. Shivi Kataria15 Oct 2021 10:49 AM ISTBreast cancer is more common in female patients with schizophrenia than in the general population. It is not known whether treatment with...
Schizophrenia drugs may increase breast cancer risk, finds Lancet study MD Editorial Team28 Sept 2021 9:00 AM ISTAccording to a new study conducted by Heidi Taipale and his colleagues, the use of antipsychotics that boost prolactin levels is strongly related with...
