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Antipsychotic Drugs: Dangerously Overused
Antipsychotic drugs, also called neuroleptic drugs or major tranquilizers, are properly and successfully used to treat serious psychotic mental disorders, the most common of which is schizophrenia. In younger adults, an alarming number of those with schizophrenia who could and often have previously benefited from antipsychotic drugs are not receiving them. They are seen, among other places, on the streets and in homeless shelters. In older adults, the problem is not underuse but, rather, gross overuse by people who are not psychotic.

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ephedra [ma huang, chinese ephedra, epitonin]
  • We list this drug as a Do Not Use drug because there is no evidence that it is effective and it causes heart attacks, strokes and seizures.

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Troubling New Drug Approvals in 2012
March 2013
Find out which drugs approved in 2012 have risks greatly exceeding their benefits or no meaningful benefits. If you are using any of the DO NOT USE drugs reviewed in the article, talk to your doctor before stopping their use.
What Happened in U.S. Health Care in 2007?
December 2007
This article summarizes 14 important health events that occurred in 2007, including seven that involve the pharmaceutical industry or its increasingly close financial partner, the FDA. Seven other reviews involve our so-called health care system.

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Testimony regarding the FDA's categorization of "morning sickness" and "leg edema" during pregnancy as conditions not diseases which allows dietary supplement manufacturers to promote for these symptoms (HRG Publication #1517)
Under the dangerous provisions of DSHEA, that categorization allows dietary supplement manufacturers to promote products as treatments of those conditions without first proving that the products are safe and effective.

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