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FDA approves Pfizer's Geodon Capsules for the adjunctive maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder (News-Medical-Net) Fri Nov 20 21:42:28 PST 2009 Pfizer today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Geodon® (ziprasidone HCI) Capsules for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate in adults. The approval is based on clinical data demonstrating that Geodon is an effective... Read full article »
A fact-based media briefing on bipolar disorder in Nova Scotia (News-Medical-Net) Wed Nov 18 04:12:18 PST 2009 An estimated 26,000 Nova Scotians live with bipolar disorder. Often stigmatized in popular culture, the experience of bipolar disorder varies from one person to the next and almost always has a drastic impact on how individuals think, behave and function. Read full article »
Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval (AP via Yahoo! News) Fri Nov 20 11:15:59 PST 2009 Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults. Read full article »
Innovative Therapy That Offers New Hope For Borderline Personality Disorder (Medical News Today) Fri Nov 20 03:39:50 PST 2009 Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome studies have shown that many patients with Borderline Personality... Read full article »
Randolph teen sentenced to 10 years for attempted robbery (Daily Record) Sat Nov 21 01:24:27 PST 2009 An 18-year-old with a bipolar disorder was sentenced to 10 years in state prison Friday for trying to rob a taxicab driver with kitchen knives in Randolph in May. Read full article »
Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval (San Francisco Chronicle) Fri Nov 20 11:40:29 PST 2009 Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults. The new approval covers use of Geodon as an adjunct to lithium or valproate. The drug is already approved... Food and Drug Administration -... Read full article »
Mistrial in suit over death of bipolar vet in Portsmouth jail (The Virginian-Pilot) Fri Nov 20 20:32:18 PST 2009 PORTSMOUTH The last thing Joseph Combs said to his wife as a police officer led him away from his home was that he was ready to go to the VA hospital. Read full article »
Randolph teen sentenced to 10 years for attempted robbery (Daily Record) Fri Nov 20 17:45:28 PST 2009 An 18-year-old with a bipolar disorder was sentenced to 10 years in state prison today for trying to rob a taxicab driver with kitchen knives in Randolph in May. Read full article »
Pfizer Receives FDA Approval For Geodon® (Ziprasidone HCI) Capsules For The Adjunctive Maintenance Treatment Of ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) Fri Nov 20 10:18:00 PST 2009 NEW YORK----Pfizer today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Geodon® Capsules for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate in adults. Read full article »
New guidebook on how to manage bipolar symptoms (News-Medical-Net) Mon Nov 16 21:14:34 PST 2009 Many Americans suffer from bipolar disorder and their treatment often includes myriad medications. But what if there is another way to cope with the illness that comes from within? In his revolutionary new guidebook, "Living Out of Darkness: A personal journey of embracing the bipolar opportunity"... Read full article »