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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 By Perwez Abdullah Karachi A professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi , has carried out a research on a drug - Buspirone - and found out that if the same drug is ...

Conventional antipsychotics augmented with benzodiazepines have been the standard acute treatment for psychiatric emergencies for more than 50 years.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 By Perwez Abdullah Karachi A professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi , has carried out a research on a drug - Buspirone - and found out that if the same drug is ...

DRUG NEWS: New drugs work as well as older ones Nursing2008 June 2008 Volume 38 Number 6 Pages 14 - 14 Newer drugs aren't any better at treating a first episode of schizophrenia than the older drug haloperidol, ...

Washington, May 27: Researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ontario have shown that short term courses of antipsychotic medications, when given to older adults with dementia, are ...

“In the history of oppression, using haloperidol is kind of like detaining people in Abu Ghraib”

Laurie and I generally try to stay away from blogging about the horrors of the U.S. incumbent government, because 1) so many people do that well; and 2) most of it isn't directly related to body image . via Body Impolitic

Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Page A08 More than 250 foreigners without mental illness have been sedated for deportation during the past five years. via The Washington Post

“The data from the clinical trials studying the efficacy and safety of iloperidone suggest that iloperidone could be a useful long-term treatment option for people with schizophrenia”

Data presented today on Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s investigational drug candidate, iloperidone, included its 4-week, short-term Phase III trial, as well as a pooled analysis of three long-term, 52-week ... via EurekAlert!

“My life and my freedom, that's what I want”

The state tells Jeffrey Davis he should be taking anti-psychotic medication and that he has to register as a sex offender. via The Waterbury Connecticut Republican

Second generation "Atypical" antipsychotic drugs are not much better than the older, less expensive Haldol treating a first episode of schizophrenia, according to a study done by Dutch researchers that was ... via Schizophrenia Daily News Blog

Costly second-generation antipsychotics are no more effective than haloperidol in treating first-episode schizophrenia, according to an industry-sponsored study in Lancet . via Journal Watch - Medicine that Matters

As a treatment for first-episode schizophrenia, second-generation drugs are associated with lower discontinuation rates than the first-generation drug haloperidol, new research indicates. via Rehab Management

“The biggest reason that they stayed longer was that doctors perceived the newer drugs as more efficacious”

Newer, so-called second-generation antipsychotics are no better than the older drug haloperidol in treating a first episode of schizophrenia, a new study finds. via HealthCentral

“The biggest reason that they stayed longer was that doctors perceived the newer drugs as more efficacious”

Newer, so-called second-generation antipsychotics are no better than the older drug haloperidol in treating a first episode of schizophrenia, a new study finds. via HealthDay

Comparison of dopamine receptor antagonists on hyperlocomotion induced by cocaine, amphetamine, MK-801 and the dopamine D1 agonist C-APB in mice. via CiteULike

Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite modest efficacy, unpredictable individual utility, and a high rate of adverse effects, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia are common determinants for antipsychotic ... via CiteULike

GPCRs undergo desensitization via activation-dependent phosphorylation by G protein-coupled receptor kinases followed by arrestin binding. via CiteULike

“These findings support the potential for a significantly lower risk of tardive dyskinesia with aripiprazole than with haloperidol among patients requiring maintenance antipsychotic treatment”

Schizophrenic patients treated with aripiprazole have a lower risk of developing tardive dyskinesia, an unpleasant neurological drug side effect, than those given the older anti-psychotic drug haloperidol, ... via HealthCentral

“In the United States, three second-generation antipsychotics are now available in a rapid-acting intramuscular formulations”

Second-generation antipsychotics administered by intramuscular injection are efficacious in reducing agitation and are less likely to cause extrapyramidal adverse effects compared with first-generation ... via Rehab Management

Can you give Cyclizine and Midazolam together in a syringe driver[SD] or separately in two SD's. 15/Jan/08 Answer: "Patient Plus has a chapter on syringe drivers [1] and this includes a sub-section on drug ... via NLH Question Answering Service