Science news articles about 'atypical antipsychotic drugs'

... published on bmj.com today. Previous research has shown that second generation (atypical) antipsychotic drugs can increase the chances of patients having a stroke. But the risk of stroke associated ...

... dementia living in nursing homes, 6,853 received no antipsychotics, 6,853 received ... older adults who did receive atypical antipsychotic drugs were three times more likely and those who received a ...

... for which the drugs had been approved. Most people who received these "atypical antipsychotic" drugs, which are very powerful and have potentially severe side effects, had less serious mental ...

... are linked with 5-HT2CR deficiency and that the atypical antipsychotic drugs, which appear to block 5-HT2CRs, ... showed reduced responses to 5-HT drugs known to suppress appetite. However, unexpectedly, ...