News antipsychotics - Fatal figures suppressed - Drug companies have been accused of suppressing vital data showing that their new-generation atypical antipsychotics are killing around one in four el...

Are new antipsychotics superior to conventional ones? - The so-called ‘atypical antipsychotic drugs’ have been hailed as a pharmaceutical breakthrough and have, by now, largely replaced the old guard of neu...

New antipsychotics no better than old ones - Atypical antipsychotic drugs such as clozapine and sertindole appear to be no more effective than conventional drugs, according to a report by UK rese...

Antipsychotics increase death risk in elderly - The maverick practice of off-label prescribing - giving drugs for unapproved conditions/patients - is once again in the limelight. The US Food and Dru...

Antipsychotic Drugs - Olanzapine - Q My wife and daughter were both put onto olanzapine (Zyprexa) last year, having been prescribed other antipsychotic drugs for 30 and 10 years, respec...

Antipsychotics - Killers by any name - We’ve covered the health hazards of ‘atypical’ antipsychotics, including the recent FDA warning that they increase mortality among elderly patients. B...

Antipsychotics: - They don't work, and they're dangerous - Doctors in nursing homes prescribe antipsychotic drugs with the same lack of thought that the service staff employs to place the order for tomorrow's...

Dementia: - The drugs don't work, but so much can - Medicine's standard response to dementia is a prescription drug, ranging from an antipsychotic, an antidepressant or a mood stabilizer. But a new stu...