Medications that target depression, anxiety and poor sleep could help treat pain without opioids’ addictive properties A range of other medications could serve as alternatives to powerful opioids for ...

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A man upset over the death of his wife kept a blanket over his head in his Minnesota nursing home. Staff gave him a powerful antipsychotic drug. Another man, in a Philadelphia facility, yelled during ...

Clinical outcomes improved for youth prescribed second-generation antipsychotics, with significant decreases in self-harm and violent crime risks. Both on- and off-label second-generation ...

Many people have heard the term 'psychotropic drug.' However, it is surprising how few people accurately understand their definition, types, and specific effects or risks. Psychotropic drugs play a ...

If you have schizophrenia, your doctor will likely prescribe antipsychotic medication to help you manage symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Antipsychotics mostly block the effects of dopamine ...

Newly prescribed benzodiazepines or antipsychotics were tied to higher mortality for dementia patients in hospice. The drugs were started a median of 3 days after hospice enrollment and the mean stay ...

The use of antipsychotic drugs was associated with dysregulated glucose control (homeostasis) independent of weight gain compared with use of placebo, with increased levels of fasting glucose, insulin ...

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Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO, a psychiatrist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Paliperidone 3-month LAI, aripiprazole LAI, olanzapine LAI and clozapine fared similarly to commonly used oral ...