Medications
Links
- NAMI's "Ask the Psychiatric Pharmacist"
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
- AidsMeds.com
Check My Meds
- Preskorn.com
Applied Clinical Psychopharmacology
News
- 4/1/08: Restrictive Prescription Drug Policies Hurt Schizophrenics — HealthDay . Researchers find that 29 percent of patients are more likely to stop or disrupt medication when subject to the tightened "step" policy. In addition, the restrictive drug policy, originally designed to reduce costs, provided only minimal savings.
- 8/22/07: Risperdal use OK'd for adolescents. See article.
- 8/8/07:
Paxil® Pediatric Settlement — A class action lawsuit claims that GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK") promoted Paxil® and Paxil CRT for prescription to children and adolescents under eighteen, withheld and concealed information about the medication's safety and effectiveness.
Parents and guardians must submit claim forms by August 31, 2007 to be included in the settlement.
- 6/30/07: New fact sheets
on psychiatric medications highlight research on why people need an array of medications. These one-page fact sheets can also be used to educate our legislators and the media.
- 5/18/07:
FDA Approves AstraZeneca's Once-Daily SEROQUEL XRT Extended-Release Tablets for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
- 12/20/06: Johnson & Johnson Schizophrenia Drug Wins Federal OK