Sentences with phrase «atypical antipsychotic»

Atypical Antipsychotic Use Among Medicaid - Insured Children and Adolescents: Duration, Safety, and Monitoring Implications

Review: atypical antipsychotic drugs slightly increase mortality rates in elderly people with dementia

Patients with schizophrenia were being treated with atypical antipsychotic medication (i.e., olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, or aripiprazole).

Risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic drug that is used to treat various disorders, including autism, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

After dinner I take the mood stabilizer lithium and Geodon, an atypical antipsychotic.

Unlike schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, BPD (and many other personality disorders) tend not to respond to medications, although doctors do sometimes prescribe antidepressants, atypical antipsychotic drugs, and mood stabilizers to BPD patients.

In those studies, the percentage of people on an atypical antipsychotic who gained a clinically significant amount of weight was between 2 and 10 times greater than the comparable rate among people taking placebo.

What is the effect of the combination of an atypical antipsychotic to a serotonergic reuptake inhibitor on dopamine and serotonin levels in different (rat) brain areas?

Conclusions: These studies provide examples of deficits in cognitive and social function in rats that are at least partially sensitive to the atypical antipsychotic clozapine.

Metformin for Treatment of Overweight Induced by Atypical Antipsychotic Medication in Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

No effect of dietary fat on short - term weight gain in mice treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs.

«The findings may inform pediatric research to assess the effect of these policies on atypical antipsychotic use to ensure clinical appropriateness and to minimize unintended consequences,» the authors write.

Such atypical antipsychotic medications as Clozaril (clozapine), Risperdal (risperidone) and Zyprexa (olanzapine), most of which were introduced in the 1990s, appear to ameliorate schizophrenia symptoms by affecting the function of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, which relay chemical messages between neurons.

Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester), chairman of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that prescriber prevails protections have been restored for atypical antipsychotic drugs and drug classes within Medicaid fee for services in the final Health Budget.

PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester), chairman of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that prescriber prevails protections have been restored for atypical antipsychotic drugs and drug classes within Medicaid fee for services in the final Health Budget.

Clozapine, as well as other atypical antipsychotics are available, including risperidone, aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and ziprasidone.

Is the improvement in behavior from atypical antipsychotics a result of compliance or does it reflect increase in organization and self - regulation?

Senator David Carlucci on Monday were joined by a coalition of mental health advocates, physicians and patients today to call on Governor Cuomo to reinstate «prescriber prevails» for atypical antipsychotics in the 2013 - 2014 state budget via the 21 - day amendments.

PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci on Monday were joined by a coalition of mental health advocates, physicians and patients today to call on Governor Cuomo to reinstate «prescriber prevails» for atypical antipsychotics in the 2013 - 2014 state budget via the 21 - day amendments.

In 2012, «prescriber prevails» were restored for atypical antipsychotics for mental health patients.

Prescriber Prevails was restored for atypical antipsychotics in 2012, but is once again at risk in the upcoming budget proposal, which threatens to cut the program to save $ 9.38 million.

Commonly prescribed psychotropic medications fall into several categories, including both typical and atypical antipsychotics, antidepressants, antianxiety agents, stimulants and mood stabilizers.

Such efforts have included agerestricted prior authorization policies, which require clinicians to obtain preapproval from Medicaid agencies to prescribe atypical antipsychotics to children younger than a certain age as a condition for coverage, according to background information in the article.

Researchers linked the appetite - increasing effects of three such drugs — the so - called atypical antipsychotics clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and risperidone (Risperdal)-- to their capacity to neutralize the protein histamine, just as the antihistamine drugs that are used to treat allergies do.

Comparison of Typical and Atypical Antipsychotics on PCP - Induced Hyperactivity in Mice B.J. CALDARONE, M. NILGES, M.L. MANZANO, S.A. MALEKIANI, A.C. FEDOLAK, P. MCGINIGLE, and T. HANANIA... Abstracts / Posters

Researchers reported birth defects in about 3.8 percent of babies born to women who had taken a typical antipsychotic and 4.45 percent whose mothers had taken atypical antipsychotics.

For example, some bipolar patients can be treated with mood stabilizers such as lamotrigine, but, unlike atypical antipsychotics, they do not help with symptoms during the manic phase of the disorder, Dr. Phelps points out.

Next Page: Manufacturers accused of suppressing data [pagebreak] In addition, the manufacturers of some atypical antipsychotics have been accused of suppressing data.

Studies have found that between 7 % and 30 % of people taking atypical antipsychotics experience «clinically significant» weight gain, which is defined as gaining 7 % or more of your body weight.

The use of atypical antipsychotics has soared as a result, and they are now the best - selling class of prescription drugs in the U.S. Roughly 5.5 million people in the U.S. received a prescription for an atypical antipsychotic in 2008, an increase of more than 20 % from 2004.

Merrill Herman, MD, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City, says that about one - fifth of his patients who take atypical antipsychotics gain weight.

I was hoping you had any information on whether any limitations of fats applies for those taking atypical antipsychotics such as Seroquel in light of common negative effects on lipid profiles etc..

It is well - documented that psychiatric drugs in general, and atypical antipsychotics specifically, are misused across the board.

And new research shows that it's more than the benzodiazepines: SSRIs, SRNIs and atypical antipsychotics increase the risk of dementia in veterans with PTSD and even in those who don't have PTSD.

Specifically includes: Typical and Atypical antipsychotics How each drug works Evaluation of each drug - evidence for effectiveness, problems with evidence for effectiveness, relation to the dopamine hypothesis, serious side effects and the chemical cosh argument

• Drug therapy: typical and atypical antipsychotics.

PTSD is commonly treated using a combination of psychotherapy (cognitive - behavioral therapy, group therapy, and exposure therapy are popular) and psychotropic drug therapy (antidepressant or atypical antipsychotics, e.g. brand names such as Prozac (fluoxetine), Effexor (venlafaxin), Zoloft (sertraline), Remeron (mirtazapine), Zyprexa (olanzapine), or Seroquel (quetiapine)-RRB-.

Firstly, the study was done over a longer time period (median duration of risperidone treatment was 1 y) than is usually the case in trials of atypical antipsychotics.

This is an important aspect because in practice atypical antipsychotics are frequently continued for relapse prevention.

Review: the benefit of atypical antipsychotics over standard drugs disappears after controlling for comparator dose

Patients with bipolar disorder were being treated with mood stabilizing agents (i.e., lithium, valproate, or lamotrigine) with or without atypical antipsychotics.

A fifth drug, divalproex has a less favorable safety profile than stimulants; however, it does not have the associated metabolic abnormality and risk of tardive dyskinesia that atypical antipsychotics and typical antipsychotic medications have.

Atypical antipsychotics not associated with improved hospitalisation outcomes compared with typical antipsychotics in people with schizophrenia in real practice

A comparative analysis of randomised, placebo - controlled trials in youth BD established that atypical antipsychotics have better efficacy and tolerability compared with anticonvulsants and lithium (effect size atypical antipsychotics 0.65, CI 0.53 to 0.78 vs anticonvulsants and lithium 0.24, 95 % CI 0.06 to 0.41).

The most common alternative to antidepressants are the atypical antipsychotics.

Atypical antipsychotics include medications such as risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and quetiapine (Seroquel).

Not exact matches

Widespread use of newer «atypical» drugs which are less likely to affect fertility than the older «typical» antipsychotics, combined with the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients, is attributed to doubling the use of antipsychotics during pregnancy in the past decade, yet, clinicians have little information regarding the safety of these drugs for the developing fetus and concerns have been raised about a potential association with congenital malformations.

«In light of these risks, the FDA has issued warnings of increased mortality regarding antipsychotics in elderly patients with dementia, particularly for «atypical» (or 2nd generation) antipsychotics» said Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D., senior advisor for mental health service, epidemiology and economics at NIMH and one of the co-authors of the report.

Risperidone is also one of the very few «atypical» antipsychotic drugs approved for use in children.

Aug. 22, 2013 — Prescribing «atypical» antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows.