Diabetes Warning on Anti-psychotic Drugs

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Don't know how accurate this is, but ...

 

FDA Seeks Diabetes Warning on Antipsychotic Drugs

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) Sept 17 - Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday said U.S.

regulators have requested that six of the most widely used antipsychotic

drugs carry a warning that they can increase the risk of elevated blood

sugar and diabetes.

 

The Indianapolis drugmaker, which makes the top-selling schizophrenia

treatment Zyprexa, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is also

seeking the warning on the product labeling for Johnson & Johnson's rival

Risperdal, Novartis AG's Clozaril, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Abilify,

AstraZeneca Plc's Seroquel and Pfizer Inc.'s Geodon.

 

All six of the drugs are so-called atypical antipsychotics, a newer

generation of medicines that do not cause some of the troublesome side

effects, such as tremors, seen with older treatments

 

Saul

 

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