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FDA Calls for Warning on Antipsychotic Drugs

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

FDA Calls for Warning on Antipsychotic Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday ordered new warnings on antipsychotic drugs, alerting physicians to a higher death rate when the medicines are prescribed for atypical use of treating dementia in elderly patients.

The black box warning affects Eli Lilly and Co.’s Zyprexa and Symbyax, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP’s Seroquel, Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal, Novartis AG’s Clozaril, Pfizer Inc.’s Geodon, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical’s Abilify.

FDA said it is asking the companies to add a boxed warning to its label describing the heightened risk and noting that the drugs are not approved to treat symptoms of dementia in the elderly.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 12 Apr 2005
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APA Reference
Grohol, J. (2005). FDA Calls for Warning on Antipsychotic Drugs. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/04/12/fda-calls-for-warning-on-antipsychotic-drugs/

 

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