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Atypical Antipsychotics for All, Oregon Chapter
Posted on September 08, 2008
Oh boy. Here we go again. A study published online ahead of print at the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry notes that among Oregon Medicaid patients who received a prescription for an atypical antipsychotic: 52% had a depression diagnosis34% had an anxiety diagnosis15% had a PTSD diagnosis But only 15% had a schizophrenia diagnosis and 27% had a bipolar diagnosis. So... the majority of atypical scripts were written off-label. Seroquel was the most frequently prescribed atypical, followed by Zyprexa, then Risperdal. Doses less than what are typically given to treat schizhophrenia or bipol...
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