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Baseline Antipsychotic Dose Predicts Conversion to Psychosis
Medscape· 2 days agoInitiation of a high- vs low- baseline dose of an antipsychotic is tied to an elevated risk for...
7 Benefits of Metformin (Including Weight Loss)
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 day agoMetformin is the most commonly prescribed oral drug for diabetes. Of course, if you or a loved one receives treatment for diabetes, you probably already...
More than half of older adults with intellectual disability take psychotropic medicines, shows study
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoQuality, Use and Impact of Psychotropic (Use) in older adults with intellectual disabilities (EQUIP)...
Here’s what Barry Morphew told investigators about his tranquilizer gun
Denver Post· 4 days agoPedro Boscan, a veterinarian and anesthesia professor at Colorado State University. Azaperone once...
How Some Common Medications Can Make People More Vulnerable to Heat
Scientific American· 3 days agoExtreme heat events are predicted to become longer, more intense and more frequent in the coming...
My patient thinks he’s a werewolf: 10 years as an NHS psychiatrist
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoAs we apply our plastic pinnies on the move, they flap at the back like the capes of NHS...
Planning ahead eases Alzheimer's moral and ethical challenges
The Advocate· 5 days agoIs therapeutic fibbing morally wrong? Usually, redirection, validation therapy and distraction to another activity solves this problem; however, oftentimes the therapeutic fibbing is just that ...
Alaska House votes to require that schools stock overdose-reversal drugs
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoAlaska schools may soon be required to stock drugs that reverse opioid overdoses. On a 37-2 vote,...
I Always Knew I Was Different. Still, I Was Shocked To Hear My Doctor Say These 4 Words To Me.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSemmel There is no cure for Tourette — all you can do is try to manage your tics. There are...
Novel Drug Combo for Schizophrenia Works in Acute Psychosis
MedPage Today· 4 days agoThe investigational combination xanomeline-trospium (KarXT) was effective and well tolerated in...