Seroquel In The News

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts General Hospital will investigate conflicts of interest at a child psychiatry research center it established with funding from Johnson & Johnson, maker of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

Documents reveal that a renowned child psychiatrist pushed Johnson & Johnson to fund a research center whose goal was ?to move forward the commercial goals of J&J.?

Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of FDA approval, a practice known as off-label prescribing. Now researchers have developed a list of 14 widely prescribed medications most urgently in need of additional study to determine how effective and safe they are for their off-label uses. Antidepressants and antipsychotics are ..

Medical investigators, who've identified 14 medications prescribed regularly for purposes other than those approved by federal drug regulators, are calling for research on so-called off-label uses to determine safety for patients. For decades, doctors have relied on anecdotal evidence and their own knowledge of disease — beyond findings in clinical trials — to provide therapy for conditions that .

When women seem bound to give birth early, many doctors give them a drug called nifedipine to try to delay delivery. You might know nifedipine better as Procardia, a name that implies its approved use -- easing heart pain...

Medical investigators who've identified 14 medications prescribed regularly for purposes other than those approved by federal drug regulators are calling for research on so-called off-label uses to determine safety for patients.

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Controversy again stirs in the area of psychiatric medications. In this case the increasing use of new powerful psychotropic medications for children is being questioned.

This article has been read 0 times. Medications stolen: Sarrah L. Seitz of Equity Drive told state police that someone stole a bottle of the anti-anxiety medication Xanax and a bottle of the mood stabilizer Seroquel between 4 p.m. Nov. 21 and 2 a.m. Saturday.

MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It's called "off-label" prescribing, and it's the common practice of doctors prescribing a drug to treat a disease or condition that's different from the one studied by federal regulators that led to the drug's approval in the first place.