MORE ON: antipsychotics

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Audit: Common psychiatric meds can be deadly for elderly

May 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
A federal audit found widespread and costly prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to seniors in nursing homes, often in "off-label" uses that can be deadly for elderly patients with dementia. The report released Monday by the Health and Human Services Inspector General's Office... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Top antipsychotic prescribers also drug promoters

December 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
Three San Diego County doctors who accepted five-figure payments from pharmaceutical companies have emerged on a list of the state’s top prescribers of antipsychotic drugs to the needy, according to state records. Officials from Medi-Cal, the state program for the poor and disabled,... + read more
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