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Important Warning: Combination Of Common Medications May Lead To Stroke
The use of serotonin-enhancing drugs -- including some newer antidepressants, antimigraine agents,
decongestants, diet pills, amphetamines, and the popular drug of abuse 'ecstasy' -- can precipitate cerebrovascular syndrome
(stroke) due to narrowing of cerebral blood vessels. more
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Diagnostic Criteria For Brain Death Vary Worldwide
Since Harvard Medical School published its landmark criteria regarding clinical definition of "brain
death" in 1968 (JAMA, 1968), diversity in these criteria has evolved worldwide. According to the first comprehensive survey of
its kind, published in the January 2002 edition of Neurology, major differences in the procedures used to diagnose brain death in
adults have been identified among the 80 countries that responded to the survey inquiries. more
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Anti-Psychotic Drug (Risperidone) Shows Encouraging Signs Of Helping Reduce Risk Of Relapse In
Schizophrenic Patients
An anti-psychotic drug has shown encouraging signs of helping to reduce the risk of relapse in
schizophrenia patients. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine found the one-year rate of relapse for patients taking
risperidone was about 25%. The same rate of relapse for patients taking the old generation haloperidol was about
50%. more
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Prescribing Information: Risperdal (Risperidone)
Get the complete US prescribing information for Risperdal (risperidone) in today's issue of Vidyya.
Risperdal has been found to lower the risk of relapse for schizophrenia patients with fewer neurological side effects than other
anti-psychotic drugs. (This file is in pdf format. If you do not have Adobe's free pdf reader, you may download it at
http://www.adobe.com/ ) more
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Information For Patients: When Someone Has Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder--the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental
illnesses. The first signs of schizophrenia, which typically emerge in young people in their teens or twenties, are confusing and
often shocking to families and friends. Hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, unusual speech or behavior and social
withdrawal impair the ability to interact with others. Most people with schizophrenia suffer chronically or episodically throughout
their lives, losing opportunities for careers and relationships. more
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