DISEASE AND DRUG FAMILY INFORMATION
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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.
WORST PILLS, BEST PILLS NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
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July 2025
The Food and Drug Administration has extended the approval of esketamine (SPRAVATO), a nasal-spray drug for treatment-resistant depression. In addition to the use of esketamine alongside an oral depressant for adults with treatment-resistant depression, the drug has been approved as a standalone drug for treatment-resistant depression and as an adjunctive therapy for depressive symptoms in people with major depressive disorder who have acute suicidal ideation or behavior. Learn why Public Citizen’s Health Research Group has classified esketamine as a Do Not Use drug.
June 2011
This article lists 355 drugs with names that are often confused with similar-sounding drug names. Find out what you can do to prevent getting the wrong drug.
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