Antipsychotics are the best defense against relapse in schizophrenia, even though that protection often comes at the expense of cognitive function. Which drugs offer the greatest benefit with the ...

Doctors prescribe antipsychotic medications to treat psychosis. Mental health conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can include psychosis. Psychosis occurs when a person’s mental health ...

All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com today. Previous research has shown ...

To treat some of the psychosis issues associated with Parkinson's disease, physicians often prescribe pimavanserin, an antipsychotic drug that acts within the brain to prevent hallucinations and ...

Since the first antipsychotic medication, chlorpromazine, was developed in the early 1950s, it could be argued that not all that much has changed in the pharmacological treatment of psychotic ...

Researchers have found that a class of older antipsychotic drugs could be a promising new therapeutic option for people with type 2 diabetes, helping fill a need among patients who aren't able to take ...

Almost three in ten people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Scotland were prescribed antidepressants before they were diagnosed with diabetes, according to new research being presented at the European ...

It's not withdrawal, it's a relapse of your illness. This is what many people trying to stop their antipsychotic drugs are told when seeking support to get off the medication. Antipsychotics are a ...

Objective: To examine the use and economic cost of antiparkinsonian agents during the medication management of patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorders in a naturalistic healthcare setting.

People with type 2 diabetes have twice the risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) if they take some commonly prescribed antibiotic, antipsychotic or prokinetics drugs, or have low fasting blood sugar, ...