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• Antipsychotic Pregnancy Risk Results In Warnings in Canada

  June 21, 2011

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  Canadian officials are warning that antipsychotic drugs, like Seroquel, Risperdal and Zyprexa, could cause abnormal muscle movements and other problems...

• Risperdal Recall Issued Due to Bad Odor

  June 20, 2011

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  About 16,000 bottles of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal have been recalled due to reports of a musty odor, which has...

• Requip, Risperdal Warning Issued Over Possible Medication Mistakes

  June 14, 2011

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  Due to a similar name and similar packaging, hundreds of people have confused the drugs Requip and Risperdal, leading to...

• Nursing Home Antipsychotic Drug Use Often Unnecessary: Study

  May 11, 2011

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  Federal investigators say that in recent years a little more than half of the antipsychotic medications prescribed in nursing homes...

• Judge Clears Way for Whistleblower Lawsuit Over J&J Risperdal Kickbacks

  March 1, 2011

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  A federal judge has refused to toss out a whistleblower lawsuit backed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which accuses...

• Antipsychotics During Pregnancy May Cause Problems for Newborns: FDA

  February 23, 2011

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  Federal drug regulators indicate that new warnings will be added to antipsychotic medications about a risk of movement problems and...

• Physical Fitness, Health Should be Factors in Antipsychotic Use: Experts

  February 21, 2011

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  Health care providers should take a patient’s physical health and fitness into account when deciding whether to prescribe many popular...

• Atypical Antipsychotic Warnings Lowered Elderly Prescriptions: Study

  February 14, 2011

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  The misuse of powerful atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia, which may increase the risk of death, has taken...

• Atypical Antipsychotics Overprescribed by U.S. Doctors: Study

  January 10, 2011

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  More than half of all prescriptions for newer, atypical antipsychotics, such as Seroquel, Zyprexa and Risperdal, are given without evidence...

• J&J Puerto Rico Plant Tied to Drug Recalls Still Has Problems: FDA

  November 30, 2010

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  Johnson & Johnson continues to have quality control problems at a plant in Puerto Rico that was previously found to...