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Drugging our Children w/ Psychiatry’s Antipsychotic Drugs by Rossi Davis Posted Sun 03 Jan 2010 12:00am Read on »

Senior Dementia Patient Drugged Against Family's Wishes, Given Risky Antipsychotic Drug to Control Behaviour by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Tue 08 Feb 2011 3:22pm She wasn't ready to be locked up. She called me 17 times the first day. 'Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here'....Alzheimer's Reading Room The daughter of an... Comment. Share Recommend. Read on »

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Antipsychotic drug labels updated on use during pregnancy and risk of abnormal muscle movements a by FDA Posted Tue 22 Feb 2011 10:09am of Antipsychotic Drugs Safety Announcement [2-22-2011] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing healthcare professionals that it has updated the Pregnancy section of drug labels for the entire class of antipsychotic drugs. The new drug labels now contain more and consistent information about the potential risk for abnormal muscle movements Read on »

Antipsychotic Drugs: Use with Children Worries Doctors by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 01 May 2009 10:10pm The use of incredibly strong, dangerous antipsychotic drugs with kids has been on the rise for quite some time…. From the Washington Post: Doctors Worry About Kid’s Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Among all patients taking the new generation of antipsychotic medication, children are most likely to suffer severe weight gain and metabolic Read on »

New anti-psychotic drugs may double heart risk Article by Untreatable .. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 5:00pm New anti-psychotic drugs may double heart risk Study: Meds for schizophrenia, biopolar disorder up chance of cardiac death NEW YORK - Newer anti-psychotic drugs are no safer than older ones for the risk of suddenly dying from a heart problem, says a study that finds they roughly double that hazard. The older drugs had already been linked Read on »

Robert Whitaker: ‘The Scientific Literature for Antipsychotic Drugs’ by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 May 2009 10:13pm Robert Whitaker, Author – Mad in America You may have read that the newer antipsychotic drugs are much safer, and more effective than the older ones…. You may have been told that finding just the right “medication,” can help address a “chemical imbalance” – for conditions such as “schizophrenia”…. Before you take any of this information at face-value, [...] Read on »

Obesity risk to children taking antipsychotic drugs by GoToSee Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:01pm Antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children could be increasing the risk of obesity, according to research from the US Related News:Current exercise levels for children may not combat obesityUse of... Click on the title to read the post in full Read on »

FDA Requests Boxed Warnings on Older Class of Antipsychotic Drugs by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Sat 21 Jun 2008 10:06am 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 these drugs to treat behavioral problems in older people with dementia. In 2005, the FDA announced similar labeling changes for “atypical” antipsychotic drugs. At that time, Boxed Read on »

Permanent Link: Antipsychotic Drugs Cause Rapid Weight Gain in Children by yumers Posted Tue 27 Oct 2009 12:00am In case we didn’t already know, a new study shows tha t antipsychotic drugs widely used in children caused youths to gain as much as 19 pounds on average after just 11 weeks on the medications, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Wall Street Journal) Thanks for pointing out what adults have Read on »

182 Antipsychotic drugs kill AD patients by Gevera Bert P. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:07pm My dad was on an anti-psychotic drug. The doctors at Yale put him on it when he first started getting violent. The drug is mentioned in this article, which says dementia patients on such drugs are more likely to die. Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for a very short period of time, are more likely to end up Read on »