In contrast, there are documented cases of diabetes caused by antipsychotic drugs--but not Geodon.
From 1999 to 2001, 0.78 per 1, 000 children ages 2 through 5 used antipsychotic drugs.
Ms. Clarke fought fiercely but ultimately unsuccessfully to prevent the government from forcibly administering powerful antipsychotic drugs to Mr. Loughner.
Olson proceeded to enroll Markingson in a study of antipsychotic drugs, despite the objections of Markingson's mother, Mary Weiss.
Next month, the agency will consider another hot-button topic: the overuse of antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal and Zyprexa in children.
In Seattle, Varley said colleagues at his hospital are able to wean about half the children that arrive on antipsychotic drugs off of them.
Henry Nasrallah, a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, believes that three-quarters of published studies show differences between the different antipsychotic drugs.
Use of antipsychotic drugs in children has soared over the last 15 years based on the perception that the new-generation drugs are better and safer than older antipsychotic medications.
In a series of subsequent court hearings and appeals, judges first confined him to a prison hospital and then agreed with the hospital's medical staff that he should be forcibly given antipsychotic drugs for his own safety.
In a 1990 case the Supreme Court ruled that a mentally ill prisoner could be treated with antipsychotic drugs against his will, but only if doctors thought that without the drugs the prisoner was a danger to himself and others.
And Perovich must pore over the claims for antipsychotic drugs still to come: Bristol-Myers' (nyse: BMY - news - people ) aripiprazole and Novartis' (nyse: NVS - news - people ) Zomaril, both in final stage testing.
This year, cancer drugs passed antipsychotic medicines as the top revenue generators.
Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ), which built a powerful presence in psychiatric drugs first with its now off-patent Prozac and now with antipsychotic Zyprexa, is following suit with what appears to be an even broader system for disclosing data.
For many classes of drugs among them statins, anti-hypertensives, analgesics and antipsychotic medicines the selection of the appropriate drug among many possibilities requires a delicate balancing of effectiveness and acceptable side effects in each patient.
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