Antipsychotics

There's No Excuse for Overmedicating the Elderly

Liz Spikol | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Elderly, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Nursing Homes, Antipsychotics, New York Times, Psychology, Medications, Business News
Liz Spikol

The elderly in nursing homes have long been treated poorly, as so many guilty adult children (cf. The Savages) can attest. But because of societal p...

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Where Do They Come Up With All Those Goofy Names for Prescription Drugs Anyway?

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Antipsychotics, Drugs, Medications, Eric Rudolph, Living News
Doug Bremner

I was spreading pine straw around the bushes in my yard in Atlanta, Georgia, when I started thinking about... you guessed it! The goofy names that drug companies come up with for their prescription drugs.

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