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4 Meds Your Aging Parents Should Not Be Taking

The Huffington Post | Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 11.28.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Seroquel, Elderly Parents, Unsafe Drugs, Dementia, Alzheimers, Zyprexa, Antipsychotic Drugs, Risperdal, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Medication, Abilify, Caregivers, Fifty News

Caregivers of elderly parents with dementia may have to be wary of their loved ones' antipsychotic drugs. A new study found that four commonly prescri...

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Inside Psychiatry: Anxiety Over Antipsychotic Drugs

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 09.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Peter Breggin, Abilify, Stephen Sheller, Antipsychotic Drugs, Geodon, Zyprexa, Gynecomastia, Seroquel, FDA Petition, Risperdal, Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, Psychiatric Drugs, Invega, Latuda, Healthy Living Health News, Children Medication, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Richard A. Friedman notes in a recent New York Times article that by any standards, atypical antipsychotics are overprescribed. But he leaves out two groups that are especially vulnerable to abuse by these chemical agents: the elderly and children.

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'Mass Psychosis In The U.S.'

Al Jazeera | James Ridgeway | Posted 09.13.2011 | Business
Read More: Big Pharma, American Psychiatric Association, Zyprexa, Anti-Depressant, Mother Jones, Risperdal, Bipolar, Acid Reflux, Fda, Anti-Psychotic Drugs, Seroquel, Mental Illness, Pharmedout, Schizophrenia, Pharmaceuticals, Abilify, Business News

Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with...

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Oh That? Deceptive Marketing Settlement Doesn't Stop Seroquel Advertising

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Fraud, Seroquel, Big Pharma, Medicaid, Depression, Pharmaceuticals, Home News
Martha Rosenberg

Google the word "depression" and the first search result you'll get is for the antipsychotic Seroquel XR.

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Understanding the Placebo Effect

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Klonopin, Conditioning, Big Pharmaceutical Companies, Abilify, Paradox, Marijuana, Paxil, Irving Kirsch, Prozac, Ambien, Adderall, Placebo, Effexor, Withdrawal, Xanax, Zoloft, Seroquel, Expectations, Side Effects, Insomnia, Nocebo, Wellbutrin, Neurontin, The Meaning Response, Valium, Dr. David Newman, Serzone, Trazadone, Buspar, Sinequan, Lamictal, Antidepressants, Health, Healthy Living News
Eliezer Sobel

My first foray into the nebulous world of antidepressants was in 1985 when I was put on Sinequan. It gave me severe cotton mouth, didn't do much for my mood.

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Dying In Their Sleep: The Invisible Plague Attacking U.S. Soldiers

Cilla McCain | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Seroquel, Iraq Veterans, Department of Defense, Prescription Drugs, Paxil, Noncombat, Ptsd, Klonopin, Marine Corporal Andrew White, Politics News
Cilla McCain

I came to know many military family members from the support group Home of the Brave. The group's goal is to help one another gain information and justice in the noncombat related deaths of their loved ones.

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Most Depressing Ad of 2009

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Seroquel, Big Pharma, Sylvia Plath, Astrazeneca, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Advertising, Healthy Living News
Anne Z. Boxer

The current TV ad for SeroquelXR is so depressing it is hard to watch. One full viewing was enough -- after that it was zapped by the remote after the first treacly musical note.

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