Venlafaxine (Effexor generic, Wyeth), an anti-depressant sometimes indicated for women with vasomotor symptoms of menopause, may lead to drug-induced hepatitis, warn pharmacists from the University of Iowa.
A healthy 60-year-old woman developed hepatitis after taking venlafaxine 75 mg/day for one month. At her first visit, she had fever, cough, headache, and myalgia. An upper respiratory tract [...]
GlaxoSmithKline and the FDA have warned doctors that the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) may raise the risk of suicidal behavior in young adults. The letter was accompanied by changes to the labeling of both Paxil and controlled-release Paxil Drug.
A recent analysis of data on nearly 15,000 patients revealed a higher frequency of suicidal behavior in young [...]
Eli Lilly has announced the FDA’s approval of the antidepressant duloxetine HCl (Cymbalta drug) in patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). GAD affects more than 6.5 million American adults each year.
In three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of more than 800 non-depressed adults with GAD, the drug significantly improved core anxiety symptoms, compared with placebo. Treated [...]
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received approval to manufacture and market sertraline HCl tablets in base strengths of 25, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mg.
The Ranbaxy formulation is bioequiv-alent to, and has the same therapeutic effect as that of, Zoloft generic (Pfizer) tablets in these doses.
Sertraline drug is indicated for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder.
Antipsychotic medicine Risperdal (Risperidone) is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia disease that is characterized by hallucinations, delusions and social withdrawal and for the short term treatment of bipolar manic depression, from what more than three million Americans believed to suffer.
It has been known that physicians now have expanded two [...]
Seroquel medication is an approved medicine for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia medication. However, Seroquel drug is not approved for treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis. Since its approval in 1997, SEROQUEL has had over 8 million patient exposures worldwide.
The results of a safety investigation, which assessed the risk of [...]
The following safety information is necessary for those who prescribes or is prescribed to take generic Risperdal as antipsychotic medication.
First of all, Risperdal (Risperidone) is not approved for the treatment of patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis. Such elderly patients treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death.
Second, Risperdal [...]
