Page 26 - Antipsychotics News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A new study suggests that certain antipsychotics may present a greater risk for cardiovascular disease than others.

Lumateperone is now the only FDA-approved drug for depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder in adults, as monotherapy or an adjunct to lithium or valproate.

Completely nonverbal. one night she repeatedly hit herself for 12 hours nonstop. >> at that point it was like, we need to go a different direction, you know, so that is when the antipsychotics, when they started, right after that. >> kara started taking a cocktail of medications called psycho troepices. they are very powerful drugs often used for adults and adolescents with psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. >> they did something. they just changed it from a constant to an every 15 minute kind of thing. >> definitely an improvement but with a tremendous cost. mark says the drugs left ka...

Antipsychotics are currently the predominant treatment for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, but there is an accumulating body of research that links the use of these drugs to structural abnormalities in the brain. A recent meta-analysis suggests that gray matter loss in the brain may depend on the dose and class of the antipsychotic.

Antipsychotics that increase prolactin levels are tied to a significantly increased risk for breast cancer.