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Warning Letters Can Reduce Quetiapine Overprescribing
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – For patients with dementia, letters warning primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding overprescribing can reduce quetiapine prescriptions, according to a study published...
Medicare Warnings Stop Nursing Homes From Overusing Antipsychotic Meds
FRIDAY, April 25, 2024 – Warning letters sent by Medicare officials can prompt a decline in antipsychotic prescriptions for seniors with dementia, a new study finds. Letters sent to heavy...
Severe QT Prolongation Common in Users of Antipsychotic Medications
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 – More than one in eight patients receiving quetiapine or haloperidol therapy appear to develop severe QT prolongation (SQTP), according to a study published online Jan. 14...
Ketamine Nasal Spray Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – A nasal spray containing a ketamine derivative appears to beat one of the standard drugs used for people with difficult-to-treat depression, a new clinical trial has found....
FDA Medwatch Alert: Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) - Apr 8, 2004
FDA and AstraZeneca notified healthcare professionals of revision to the WARNINGS section of labeling, describing the increased risk of hyperglycemia and diabetes in patients taking Seroquel. FDA has...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) - Jun 12, 2002
AstraZeneca received reports of medication errors involving confusion between its atypical antipsychotic Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate), indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia, and Serzone...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Antipsychotics, Conventional and Atypical
[Posted 06/16/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals that both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Antidepressant Medication Products
[Posted 05/02/2007] FDA notified healthcare professionals that the Agency proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on the prescribing information...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and patient caregivers to new safety information concerning an unapproved,...
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