Antipsychotic Agent
Quetiapine most often prescribed for dementia associated with PD, Lewy bodies
CHICAGO — Quetiapine remains the drug of choice for psychosis in patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, per data at the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders World Congress.
Q&A: Investigational digital therapeutic may help improve schizophrenia
Click Therapeutics announced it has enrolled the first patient in a clinical trial of an investigational prescription digital therapeutic to support standard antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia, according to a company press release.
Medication non-adherence high in people with bipolar disorder
More than half of people with bipolar disorder in Finland did not have at least one of their mood stabilizers or antipsychotic prescriptions dispensed, according to findings published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Olanzapine effective for chemotherapy-related anorexia among patients with certain cancers
Low-dose olanzapine significantly improved appetite and weight gain among patients with newly diagnosed cancer undergoing chemotherapy, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Evenamide added to antipsychotic improves treatment-resistant schizophrenia
People with treatment-resistant schizophrenia experienced improvement with evenamide added to antipsychotics compared with antipsychotics alone, according to results from a 6-week trial.
Nonadherence, switching, stopping antipsychotics linked to more acute care utilization
For individuals prescribed antipsychotic medication, nonadherence, along with switching and stopping medication, was associated with increases in acute care utilization, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.
Antipsychotic prescriptions for children increased by 3.3% annually over 2 decades
The prevalence of all antipsychotic prescriptions prescribed to those aged 3 to 18 years increased by an average of 3.3% annually from 2000 to 2019, researchers reported in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Antipsychotic agents not linked to birth defects
Exposure to antipsychotics during pregnancy may not increase risk for birth defects, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Recent injection drug use linked to HCV reinfection after DAA treatment
WASHINGTON — The risk for hepatitis C virus reinfection after direct-acting antiviral therapy was high in people with recent injection drug use, while antipsychotic drugs and opioid agonists offered possible protective effects.
Antipsychotics for relapse prevention less effective a second time
Among patients with first-episode psychosis, the effectiveness of antipsychotics for relapse prevention decreased significantly after the second occurrence, according to a register-based cohort study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.