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The FDA approved Lybalvi in June 2021 to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Alkermes Launches the Antipsychotic Lybalvi 

Submission is based on extrapolation analysis and results examining the effects of Rexulti in treating symptoms of schizophrenia in patients 13 to 17 years old. The FDA is expected to complete its review in December 2021.

Otsuka, Lundbeck Submit sNDA for Rexulti in Adolescents with Schizophrenia

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The COX-2 inhibitor Anjeso, a faster-acting injectable formulation of meloxicam, reduces opioid use after surgery.

Non-opioid Pain Therapeutic Achieves More Than 100 Formulary Approvals

The Alzheimer's Association praises the approval but not the price tag. A Harvard Medical School professor who resigned from an FDA advisory committee says the OK "was probably the worst approval decision in recent U.S. history" in his resignation letter.

Bouquets and Brickbats for FDA OK of Alzheimer's Drug Aduhelm

Today's approval goes against the advice of an outside advisory committee.

FDA Greenlights Controversial Aducanumab, Biogen's Alzheimer’s Treatment

Within our healthcare-driven society, the increase in the identification and diagnosis of mental illnesses has led to a proportional increase in the prescribing of psychotropic medications. The prevalence of mental illnesses and subsequent treatment approaches may employ monotherapy as first-line treatment, but in many cases the use of combination of therapy can occur, leading to polypharmacy.1 Polypharmacy can be defined in several ways but it generally recognized as the use of multiple medications by one patient and the most common definition is the concurrent use of five more medications. The presence of polyharmacy has the potential to contribute to non-compliance, drug-drug interactions, medication errors, adverse events, or poor quality of life.

Management of antipsychotic medication polypharmacy

A review of drug therapies and research presented at the 2012 Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association.

72nd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions: Clinical updates review findings on risk of malignancy with pioglitazone, as well as various risk factors associated with insulin glargine use

A review of drug therapies and research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Association 2012 Annual Meeting: Clinical updates review findings on long-acting levomilnacipran in major depressive disorder, depot versus oral antipsychotics for schizophrenia

More than half of Medicare claims for atypical antipsychotic drugs are erroneous, amounting to $116 million, according to a 48-page report released May 4 by the Office of the Inspector General.

OIG report evaluates claims for atypical antipsychotic drugs prescribed to nursing home residents

FDA recently announced that the 'Pregnancy' sections of labeling for all antipsychotic medications will now have to include wording about the potential risk for extrapyramidal side effects and withdrawal symptoms in newborns whose mothers were treated with these drugs during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Health