Lorcet: profile and news

Psych Drugs - Doctors Serve As Middle-Man Pushers 06 Mar 2006
...that 19% of newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic children were being treated with psychiatric drugs like Zyprexa, Risperdal, Geodon, Seroquel, Clozaril, and Abilify ... - Media Monitors Network,

Clozaril-Risperdal Duo Lacks Efficacy Against Schizophrenia Feb 1, 2006
1 - When severe schizophrenia is refractory to Clozaril (clozapine), adding Risperdal (risperidone) to the mix appears to make little difference, a study here ... - MedPage Today,

Medicaid Patients Suffer Most From Part D Transition Problems Mar 3, 2006
The clinician was told by a physician reviewer to treat the patient with Clozaril—despite the potential problems associated with that drug and the ... - Psychiatric News,

Monoaminergic Treatment of Schizophrenia Feb 27, 2006
Since recent data demonstrate that atypical antipsychotics, such as clozapine (Clozaril), have D 1 antagonist activity (Cussac et al., 2004), several ongoing ... - Psychiatric Times,

From Bench to Bedside: The Future of Neuroimaging Tools in ... Feb 27, 2006
1994) showed increased caudate volume with conventional neuroleptic treatment, which was reversed by subsequent clozapine (Clozaril) treatment, findings ... - Psychiatric Times,

Multiple drugs may not help schizophrenics: Study Feb 3, 2006
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, tested 68 patients who responded poorly to clozapine, the generic version of Novartis AG's Clozaril ... - Zee News,

Antipsychotics no better when paired Feb 6, 2006
2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, tested 68 patients who responded poorly to clozapine, the generic version of Novartis AG's Clozaril. ... - Los Angeles Times,

Advocates for mentally ill fear Medicare plan is problematic Feb 22, 2006
He had been on Medicaid but now belongs to a United Healthcare plan. Mr. Shannon takes Clozaril to treat his schizophrenia. Because ... - WFAA (subscription),

Multiple drug therapy questioned Feb 2, 2006
The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, tested 68 patients who responded poorly to clozapine, the generic version of Clozaril, which is ... - Boston Globe,

State agency consider Lyon's release Feb 12, 2006
Joan Lyon got a call about a year ago from her son's caseworker who said Christopher was responding well to the powerful anti-psychotic drug, Clozaril. ... - Myrtle Beach Sun News,

Myocarditis During Clozapine Treatment Feb 14, 2006
Lancet 1999; 354:1841–1845[CrossRef][Medline]. Committee on Safety of Medicines: Myocarditis with antipsychotics: recent cases with clozapine (Clozaril). ... - Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

Exploring Treatment Options for Patients with Autism Feb 6, 2006
While antipsychotic medications such as clozapine (Clozaril®), risperidone (Risperdal®), olanzapine (Zyprexa®), and quetiapine (Seroquel®) may decrease ... - DailyIndia.com,

'No one . thinks he should be let go' Feb 12, 2006
Then, about a year ago, Joan Lyon received a call from a caseworker who said her son had experienced a breakthrough on Clozaril, a powerful anti-psychotic drug ... - Charleston Post Courier (subscription),

Preventing and Reducing Professional Liability Risk Related to ... Jan 12, 2006
...to defend because of well-established standards and guidelines for the monitoring of many psychotropic medications (eg, clozapine [Clozaril], lithium [Eskalith ... - Psychiatric Times,

Comorbid Tobacco Dependence and Psychiatric Disorders Jan 23, 2006
Patients treated with atypical antipsychotic agents, especially clozapine (Clozaril), smoke less (George et al., 1995; McEvoy et al., 1999, 1995) and have an ... - Psychiatric Times,

CATIE Phase I Helps Clinicians Tailor Schizophrenia Treatment Jan 12, 2006
...medications, the clinician might be more inclined to go with a drug like olanzapine, if the patient is not ready to move to clozapine (Clozaril), which is ... - Psychiatric Times,

antipsychotics: Mortality risk may be greater with older drugs. 11 Dec 2005
Serentil, Trilafon, Mellaril, Stelazine, Vesprin, Taractan, Haldol, Loxitane, Moban, Orap and Navane and the atypical drugs Abilify, Clozaril, Zyprexa, Seroquel ... - Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),

Former pharmacy owner sent to prison Dec 10, 2005
...recipient. The investigator gave Postiglione prescriptions for Epogen, Procrit and Clozaril, a drug for schizophrenia. Postiglione ... - The Journal News.com,

Living every day with worry Dec 3, 2005
Bruce has been helped by a drug call Clozaril. ... For example, Bruce now pays $62 for twice-monthly blood tests associated with the use of Clozaril. ... - Corvallis Gazette Times,

Older Antipsychotic Drugs No Safer Than New Ones Nov 30, 2005
...medications. The older medications included Thorazine and Haldol, while the newer or second generation drugs included Abilify and Clozaril. ... - Forbes

Generic Risperdal to impact anti-psychotics Nov 30, 2005
ACP-104 is the major metabolite of Novartis' anti-psychotic Clozaril and "could prove to be a breakthrough therapy for the treatment of schizophrenia," King ... - United Press International

Tardive Dyskinesia Nov 28, 2005
These drugs include: Thorazine, Mellaril, Clozaril, Serentil, Seroquel, Moban, Trilafon, Loxitane, Stelazine, Prolixin, Navane, Haldol, Orap, Risperdal, Zyprexa ... - Bella Online

This Week in Health Dec 2, 2005
...the short-term risk of death for patients taking older drugs such as Thorazine and Haldol with that of patients taking newer drugs such as Abilify and Clozaril ... - Intelihealth.com,

Abilify plus an antidepressant for mood disorders Nov 25, 2005
...stiffness, and lipid abnormalities compared with other atypical antipsychotic agents, including olanzapine (Zyprexa), clozapine (Clozaril), quetiapine (Seroquel ... - Reuters.uk,

Zyprexa Edges Four Other Agents With Modest Benefit for ... Sep 19, 2005
The other drug, Clozaril (clozapine) was not included in the CATIE trial and Dr. Freedman noted that Clozaril is known to cause toxic side-effects including ... - CNN

Treatment for mental illness falls short Oct 2, 2005
...great expectations. Medications like Clozaril and Zyprexa seemed less likely to cause troublesome side effects. These "atypical ... - Houston Chronicle,

Side Effects: Schizophrenia treatments still far from ideal Oct 3, 2005
...great expectations. Such medications as Clozaril and Zyprexa seemed less likely to cause troublesome side effects. These “atypical ... - Winston-Salem Journal,

Behavioral and Pharmacologic Treatment of Aggression in Children ... Oct 3, 2005
Clozapine (Clozaril), quetiapine (Seroquel), olanzapine (Zyprexa) and ziprasidone (Geodon) have been evaluated in small or uncontrolled studies and case ... - Psychiatric Times,

Quick outs: Weekly look at college football Sep 19, 2005
Tennessee. There has to be some endorsement opportunities for the TCU football program with Clozaril, Novartis' drug for schizophrenia. ... - FOXSports.com

Study: New Antipsychotic Drugs No Better Than Older Ones Sep 20, 2005
Patient advocate Vera Hassner Sharav, who said her son died at 32 because of toxic side effects associated with the antipsychotic drug Clozaril, said the new ... - TheDay (subscription),

Community Hope plans 2005 gala Sep 24, 2005
Gorsky will be recognized for pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as Clozaril, which for many offered the first effective relief from the effects of schizophrenia ... - Bridgewater Courier News,

Many meds don't mix with the sun Sep 21, 2005
Antipsychotics: Chlorproma-zine (Thorazine), clozapine (Clozaril), fluphenazine (Prolixin), haloperidol (Haldol), lox-apine (Loxitane), olanzapine (Zyprexa ... - Pioneer Press,

Look beneath the surface Sep 14, 2005
Some of the newer drugs for schizophrenia - including Novartis's Clozaril, and J & J's Risperdal - are under investigation for potentially dangerous side ... - Daily Targum (subscription),