Antipsychotics are among the most effective drugs used in psychiatry and reach the level of efficacy common for accepted medications in other fields of medicine. As shown by a number of double-blind ...

Credit: Getty Images. Extrapyramidal symptoms that developed in patients with schizophrenia after initiation of treatment with atypical antipsychotic agents were associated with increased healthcare ...

Antipsychotics are theorized to bring relief in some types of psychoses via dopamine blockade, specifically of the D2 receptor located in the nucleus accumbens, a deep part of the brain's limbic ...

This study presents a meta-analysis of the influence of several potentially biasing factors (eg industry support, extrapyramidal side effects) on efficacy of studies comparing second-generation ...

This study investigated the 1-year incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), as well as the incremental economic burden, in patients with schizophrenia initiating atypical antipsychotics. 259 ...

Pharmacogenetics has been driven by a candidate gene approach. 4 The disadvantage of this approach is that the objects of study are circumscribed by our current understanding of the mechanisms by ...

New research illuminates the benefits and risks of antipsychotic medication in children and its impact on individual well-being, social, educational and/or vocational functioning, and disease burden.

Objective: To examine the use and economic cost of antiparkinsonian agents during the medication management of patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorders in a naturalistic healthcare setting.

A review of previous studies suggests that even though atypical antipsychotic medications are commonly used for off-label conditions such as behavioral symptoms of dementia, anxiety, and ...

Alzheimer’s Death Rate Steadily Increasing; FDA Offers New Guidance Atypical antipsychotics are known to improve many of the symptoms experienced by elderly patients who exhibit neuropsychiatric ...

The FDA has notified healthcare professionals that it has updated the Pregnancy section of the labeling for the entire class of antipsychotic drugs. The new drug labeling now provides additional ...

This case highlights vitamin E’s potential as an effective adjunct treatment for patients with antipsychotic-induced motor symptoms resistant to standard therapies. Vitamin E has shown significant ...