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<title>Healthcare Industry Today:  Antipsychotics News</title>
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<title>Warnings Dont Stop Drug Use</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185358681</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  though there have been safety warnings about antipsychotic drugs among the elderly, a new study shows  ...  about the effectiveness and safety of alternative treatments. Dr. Laurence Katz, from the University of  ...
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<title>Dementia drugs still prescribed, despite warnings</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185356698</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  10:38 AM EDT Prescription rates of certain antipsychotic drugs given to seniors with dementia have increased  ...  The findings demonstrate the importance of non-pharmaceutical treatments for dementia patients, and should prompt health-care  ...
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<title>Canada: Dementia Drugs Still Prescribed, Despite Warnings</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185323565</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 22:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  10:38 AM EDT Prescription rates of certain antipsychotic drugs given to seniors with dementia have increased  ...  The findings demonstrate the importance of non-pharmaceutical treatments for dementia patients, and should prompt health-care  ...
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<title>Another FDA Setback for Johnson &amp; Johns&amp;hellip;</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185313578</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of weeks. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration its request to expand the label  ...  a strong selling point against other atypical antipsychotics, like Eli Lilly &apos;s Ironically, one of  ...  Risperdal Consta, Johnson &amp; Johnson&apos;s other extended-release antipsychotic. Presumably, Johnson &amp; Johnson&apos;s plan is to  ...
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<title>Elderly Still Being Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185295382</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alkermes slides on diabetes drug concerns</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185275169</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  long-acting formula in Exenatide LAR, a diabetes drug that Eli Lilly and Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals are hoping to launch in 2009. It  ...  believes Paliperidone Palmitate will be its primary anti-psychotic drug. Shares of Johnson &amp; Johnson added  ...
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<title>Alkermes dips on Exenatide LAR worries, in spite of delay for rival to another drug</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185273878</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  developed with Elan Corp. PLC, an Irish drug maker. Instead, she thinks the company is  ...  believes Paliperidone Palmitate will be its primary anti-psychotic drug. Shares of Johnson &amp; Johnson added  ...
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<title>&apos;CNS Drug Discoveries: What the Future Holds 2008&apos; Identifies 60 Drugs or Therapeutic Agents That Have the Potential to Reach the Market by 2014</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185264606</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:23 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has announced the addition of the &quot;CNS Drug Discoveries: What the Future Holds 2008&quot; report  ...  a greater burden to healthcare payers. The antipsychotic market generated global sales of US$19.6 billion,  ...  global CNS sales in 2007. While atypical antipsychotics now account for over 80% of global  ...
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<title>FDA wants more info on J&amp;J&apos;s once-monthly paliperidone drug</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185226799</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  wants more info on J&amp;J&apos;s once-monthly paliperidone drug Johnson &amp; Johnsons hopes of getting a  ...  have asked for more information on the treatment. The US Food and Drug Administration has  ...  for paliperidone palmitate. The investigational once-monthly atypical antipsychotic intramuscular injection was filed as a treatment  ...
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<title>Injured troops increasingly turning to prescription medication</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185211087</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 10:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  relentless back pain. Army doctors prescribed a treatment that included 15 different painkillers and anti-inflammatory  ...  that included 15 different painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, plus antidepressants, muscle relaxants and a blood-pressure  ...  for the largest doses of the potent antipsychotic medicine. Spending for Ambien, a sleeping pill,  ...
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<title>Doctors detail accused killer&apos;s health, mental state</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185195125</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the facility about two days later on anti-psychotic medication and advised to see a private  ...  or at least exacerbated by his heavy drug usage. Though the university doctors said he  ...
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<title>Psychiatry&apos;s dark past clouds view on electroconvulsive therapy</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185180613</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 05:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  This is surprising in an era when treatments that work should supposedly be used with  ...  no comparable protest against the use of antipsychotic drugs, which have similarly been forced on people  ...
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<title>Warnings Don&apos;t Stop Drug Use</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185167408</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 04:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  though there have been safety warnings about antipsychotic drugs among the elderly, a new study shows  ...  about the effectiveness and safety of alternative treatments. Dr. Laurence Katz, from the University of  ...
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<title>FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Schizophrenia Drug</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185153983</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 01:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Schizophrenia Drug Aug. 27, 2008 | Vol. 7 No.  ...  a once-monthly injectable formulation of its atypical antipsychotic Invega. This article is viewable by subscribers  ...
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<title>Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings</title>
<link>http://health.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185153620</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... &gt; Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings Aug. 27, 2008 | Vol. 5 No. 168  ...
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