Warning Labels orderd on Antipsychotic drugs

source: Washington Post

FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics

By Steven Reinberg

HealthDay Reporter
Monday, June 16, 2008; 12:00 AM

MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia.

Doctors sometimes use antipsychotics to help treat behavioral problems in demented patients.

But from now on these older, so-called "conventional" antipsychotics -- which include drugs such as thorazine and prolixin -- will carry a new black box warning alerting physicians of the danger, FDA officials announced Monday.

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