Recent news on Clonidine

Children getting manic depression  -  May 16, 2007
Life Style Extra,...too much clonidine or whether she died of an accidental overdose. Another worry is drugs prescribed for other psychiatric conditions could be triggering

Serotonin Syndrome  -  May 8, 2007
CounterPunch,Rebecca was given Seroquel, for bipolar disorder, a drug only approved to treat adults with schizophrenia or bipolar, Clonidine, for attention deficit

Research Shows That A Natural Mechanism Of The Brain Can Provide ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Clonidine mimics the brain's stress neurotransmitter, norepinephrine. Following injection, the rats were monitored to analyze the effect of the injection on

Stop & Shop restricts sale of medicine  -  May 17, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),An autopsy found the cause of death was a lethal combination of several prescription drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which the girl had been

Teacher charged with drug possession  -  May 4, 2007
Baltimore Sun,Seized from Brooks were nearly $200, seven bottles of methadone and the drugs clonazepam and clonidine, which addicts mix with methadone to produce an

Kid with ADHD?  -  May 22, 2007
Health24.com,Clonidine: This can be used in ADHD, but it has a primary effect on impulsive and intrusive behaviours. Supplements: Many vitamins, especially B6 and B12,

Dr Sarah: Contact nutritionist and medical herbalist to help you ...  -  May 20, 2007
Sunday Life,THE prescription-only drugs clonidine, megestrol or venlafaxine have been used to reduce hot flushes in women receiving Tamoxifen and they can reduce

Are Bipolar Drugs Safe For Kids?  -  May 3, 2007
CBS News,Rebecca was given a fatal dose of clonidine, a high blood pressure medication, which Wozniak says is commonly prescribed to bipolar kids.

Bipolar children - is the US overdiagnosing?  -  May 16, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),By the age of 4, Rebecca was dead, killed by an overdose of the drug clonidine, which was being used to treat her condition.

Excessive sweating is an illness  -  May 16, 2007
DetNews.com,Clonidine and Ditropan are two other medicines that block the effects of acetylcholine. The program you watched might have been on endoscopic thoracic

Tamoxifen Treatment and New-Onset Depression in Breast Cancer Patients  -  May 3, 2007
Psychosomatics (subscription)...patient who received medications (clonidine, reserpine, methyldopa, interferon) that might induce or worsen depressive symptoms during the study period.

Melatonin, Sleep, and ADHD  -  May 1, 2007
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),...known disturbed hepatic or renal function, epilepsy, and the use of melatonin, stimulants, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, clonidine, antidepressants,

Bartlett woman finds relief from hot flashes with a nerve block  -  Apr 30, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,Clonidine, which is usually used to treat high blood pressure, is effective in alleviating hot flashes, Soltes said. "We see the body temperature go down

Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The ...  -  May 18, 2007
Focus (subscription)It is interesting to note that other 2 -adrenergic agonists, such as clonidine and lofexidine, attenuate stress-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking

New Medication Strategies for Comorbid Substance Use and Bipolar ...  -  May 18, 2007
Focus (subscription)Shaham Y, Highfield D, Delfs J, Leung S, Stewart J ( 2000): Clonidine blocks stress-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking in rats: An effect independent

Replicating Stress-Induced Analgesia May Hold Promise For Patients ...  -  Apr 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Clonidine mimics the brain's stress neurotransmitter, norepinephrine. Following injection, the rats were monitored to analyze the effect of the injection on

Effexor reduces the frequency of hot flashes for many breast ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
TopCancerNews.com,An article published in the Annals of Oncology reported on a German study that was conducted to compare Effexor and clonidine therapy.

Are child behavioral drugs being misused?  -  Mar 27, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),The medical examiner said Rebecca died of a combination of Clonidine, a blood pressure medication she'd been prescribed for ADHD; Depakote, an anti-seizure

Effexor® More Effective than Catapres® for Treatment of Hot ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),Researchers from Germany have reported that the antidepressive agent Effexor® (venlafaxine) is more effective than Catapres (clonidine) for the treatment of

Couple Plead Not Guilty In Girl's Death  -  Mar 27, 2007
WFMY News 2,A medical examiner said she died of a lethal combination of prescription drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which she had been taking for ADHD.

Effexor® More Effective than Catapres® for Treatment of Hot ...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),According to an article published in the Annals of Oncology, the antidepressive agent Effexor® (venlafaxine) is more effective than Catapres® (clonidine)

New technologies, needs will spur transdermal/transmucosal delivery  -  Apr 17, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,A number of transdermal drugs followed in their wake, such as Catapress-TTS (clonidine, Boehringer Ingelheim), Estraderm (oestradiol, Novartis),

Jail draws a line at drug programs  -  Apr 11, 2007
Virginia Gazette,Inmates withdrawing from opioids, including Suboxone, are often treated with Clonidine, a blood pressure medication that alleviates symptoms such as

Distracted: a Powerful New Play Takes on Our "Pill for Every Ill ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Huffington Post,...of Ritalin: "The most common are loss of appetite, delayed growth, and insomnia, but we can always add another drug like Clonidine to help the insomnia.

Prosecutor: Rileys saw Rebecca as cash source  -  Mar 27, 2007
Boston Herald,...that Rebecca was “driving her crazy,� prompting Kifuji to prescribe Depakote for bipolar disorder, on top of the Clonidine she was already taking.

Prosecutor: 'sinister' motives pushed Hull parents to overmedicate ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
Boston Globe,200 milligrams a day of Seroquel, an antipsychotic drug; and .35 milligrams a day of clonidine, a blood pressure drug also used as a sedative.

Prosecutor says parents in fatal drug overdose made up symptoms  -  Mar 27, 2007
Boston Globe,The medical examiner said she died of a lethal combination of prescription drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which she had been taking for ADHD.

Prosecutor says parents in fatal drug overdose made up symptoms  -  Mar 27, 2007
Boston Herald,The medical examiner said she died of a lethal combination of prescription drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which she had been taking for

DA: Parents On Trial For Daughter's Death Invented Her Symptoms Of ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
All Headline NewsA medical examiner determined Rebecca died of a lethal combination of prescription drugs, including an extremely high dose of Clonidine, which was

Rileys plead innocent to murdering 4-year-old daughter  -  Mar 27, 2007
The Patriot Ledger,Michael Riley, 34, and Carolyn Riley, 32, are charged with murdering their daughter by giving her too much clonidine, an adult drug prescribed by some

Doctor: Clonidine too risky for kids  -  Feb 6, 2007
The Patriot Ledger,Clonidine had been prescribed for Rebecca by a psychiatrist treating her for hyperactivity and bipolar disorder, authorities said.

Caution needed with children on psych meds  -  Feb 7, 2007
MetroWest Daily News,A 4-year-old walked through Dr. Perveen Rathore's door three months ago, sporting something that made her new psychiatrist uneasy: a 24-hour Clonidine drug

Psychiatrist to suspend practice; denies wrongdoing  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Globe,She prescribed medications, including clonidine, a blood pressure drug for adults that is also sometimes given to children to reduce aggressiveness and help

Timeline for a tragedy  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Herald,Kifuji further noted that she would prescribe Clonidine in 10-day supplies to avoid the situation of losing a one-month supply.

‘Abuse and neglect’ precede girl’s death  -  Feb 13, 2007
Weymouth News,A report from the state coroner’s office said that Rebecca died after she received a combination of Clonidine, Depakote, Seroquel,

Psychiatrist Won't Practice Medicine After Girl's Death  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Channel.com,Her death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy determined that she died of a lethal combination of several prescription drugs, including Clonidine,

Parents charged in overdose death  -  Feb 7, 2007
Weymouth News,The Rileys are charged with intentionally giving their daughter a fatal overdose of the ADHD medication Clonidine. According to authorities, Rebecca died of

Timeline: Rebecca Riley Murder Case  -  Feb 8, 2007
My Fox Boston,27, the Rileys obtained 15 refills of Clonidine, the drug that eventually killed Rebecca, from a Walgreens in Weymouth, the affidavit said.

Rebecca’s Rx  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Herald,Clonidine: Prescribed for adults to treat high blood pressure and sometimes prescribed for children as young as toddlers to treat insomnia,

Girl fed fatal overdoses, court told  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Globe,Prosecutors allege that Rebecca's parents killed her by intentionally giving her too much of the drug clonidine, which was approved by the Food and Drug

Doctors weary of doses, mixture  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Herald,Rebecca Riley’s parents, Carolyn and Michael Riley, are accused of intentionally giving her a fatal amount of Clonidine, one of three drugs prescribed to

Parents charged in overdose death  -  Feb 7, 2007
Weymouth News,According to authorities, Rebecca died of “intoxication due to the combined effects of Clonidine, Valproic acid (Depakote) and dextromethorphan and

Hull parents arrested in girl's poisoning death  -  Feb 5, 2007
Boston Globe,An investigation by State Police and Hull police found the girl had been prescribed the drugs clonidine for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and

Drugs doses called threat  -  Feb 9, 2007
Boston Globe,The girl was also taking clonidine, a blood pressure drug authorized for use by adults only, but some doctors have prescribed it for hyperactive children

Too much medication  -  Feb 8, 2007
Boston Globe,Among them was the clonidine that, in excessive doses, was found in an autopsy to have caused her death. Clonidine, a blood pressure medicine for adults,

Affidavit: Druggist alerted doc months before death  -  Feb 12, 2007
Boston Herald,There are no state regulations that would have stopped pharmacists from dispensing what prosecutors say were lethal volumes of the drug, Clonidine,

A short sad life, a ‘system’ astray  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Herald,Oh sure, her parents are charged with murder for giving the 4-year-old a lethal dose of Clonidine, prescribed for her attention deficit hyperactivity

‘Shocked’ doctor’s license suspended  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Herald,Rebecca’s parents, Michael and Carolyn Riley, were charged Tuesday with murdering their daughter with an intentionally lethal overdose of Clonidine,

Police: Parents killed 4-year-old in murder by meds  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Herald,Investigators said that at the time of her death, Rebecca Riley was prescribed Clonidine for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and Valproic

Parents Charged In Death Of Daughter, 4  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Channel.com,Authorities said they found amounts of several prescription drugs in the girl's body, including Clonidine, Valproic acid, Dextromethorphan, Seroquel and

Weymouth Couple Charged With Murder of Their Daughter  -  Feb 5, 2007
My Fox Boston,After an ongoing investigation, authorities determined that at the time of her death, Rebecca was being prescribed Clonidine for ADHD, and Valproic acid

Couple Charged In Daughter's Death  -  Feb 5, 2007
Boston Channel.com,The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that the cause of Rebecca’s death was intoxication due to the combined effects of Clonidine,

Younger and younger: generation Rx and the questions surrounding it  -  Feb 15, 2007
ProgressiveU.org,According to the article, "Rebecca was taking Seroquel, an antipsychotic drug; Depakote, an equally powerful mood medication; and Clonidine,

Psychiatrist takes paid leave after death of girl  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Globe,She prescribed the medications, including clonidine, a blood pressure drug for adults that is also sometimes given to children to reduce aggressiveness and

Couple arraigned in poisoning death of daughter  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Globe,Prosecutors said the child died from an overdose of Clonidine, a drug that is used to treat high blood pressure in adults but is also sometimes used to

911 Tapes Released In Death Of Girl, 4  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Channel.com,..."This little girl was given repeated overdoses of Clonidine used to knock her out and essentially to shut her up," state prosecutor Frank Middleton said.

Kin: After OD, dad tried to drug sibs  -  Feb 8, 2007
Boston Herald,...said Riley tried to get past cops and into the bedroom where Rebecca’s lifeless body lay to obtain Clonidine pills to silence his 11-year-old son,

DSS Boss Defends Agency In Case Of Overdosed Girl  -  Feb 8, 2007
WCSH-TV,An autopsy found the cause of death as a lethal combination of several prescription drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which Rebecca had been

Beacon Hill responds to overdose death of girl  -  Feb 7, 2007
Eyewitness News,An autopsy found the cause of death as a lethal combination of several prescriptions drugs, including Clonidine, which Rebecca Riley was taking for

Child’s psychiatrist also treated her siblings  -  Feb 6, 2007
Boston Herald,Kifuji, who also treated Rebecca’s siblings, prescribed Clonidine, Depakote and Seroquel for the girl, they wrote. In a statement, Tufts-New England Medical

Parents charged in overdose death of 4-year-old  -  Feb 5, 2007
Boston Globe,An autopsy found the cause of death as a lethal combination of several prescriptions drugs, including a fatal dose of Clonidine, which Rebecca Riley had

Girl's death puts doctor at center of controversy  -  Feb 18, 2007
Boston Globe,Michael Bourbeau, attorney for Rebecca's mother, said the mother insists that Kifuji sanctioned the giving of an extra dose of clonidine, the drug blamed in

State finds doc to advise DSS; Commissioner stymied, but Patrick ...  -  Feb 17, 2007
The Patriot Ledger,Plymouth County prosecutors say Carolyn and Michael Riley had given her overdoses of clonidine, an adult blood pressure pill used to sedate children with

Cool down hot flashes  -  Feb 21, 2007
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Clonidine, a pill or patch typically used to treat high blood pressure, led to nearly one fewer hot flash per day. Side effects such as dizziness,

Quetiapine Addiction?  -  Jan 3, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)When seen by the prison psychiatrist, he was receiving quetiapine 800 mg and clonidine 0.9 mg at bedtime. The psychiatrist was concerned about the risks of

Prison contraband seized; Two incidents reported by GCSO  -  Jan 3, 2007
Newszap Florida,Poison Control advised that the white pills are a prescription medication called Clonidine. Inmate David Santos was arrested and transported to the Glades

Common PTSD Drug May Be Useless  -  Dec 1, 2006
CBC News,The study results may come as a surprise to psychiatrists and patients, since guanfacine and a related drug, clonidine, have been used for years to treat PTSD. ...

Wal-Mart $4 Generics Program Launched In Colorado  -  Nov 27, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)1MG TAB Captopril 100MG TAB Captopril 12.5MG TAB Captopril 25MG TAB Captopril 50MG TAB Chlorthalidone 25MG TAB Chlorthalidone 50MG TAB Clonidine 0.1MG TAB ...

Cholesterol drugs can cause aches  -  Dec 12, 2006
Chicago Tribune,...elevated cholesterol. Her doctor has her on atenolol and clonidine for the blood pressure and Pravachol to control the cholesterol. Her ...

Evidence-Based Perioperative Risk Reduction  -  Dec 12, 2006
Medscape (subscription)Abstract. Wallace A. Reducing the risk of perioperative death with the beta blocker and clonidine protocol. University of California, San Francisco. ...

Common PTSD drug is no more effective than placebo  -  Nov 30, 2006
SpiritIndia,California, San Francisco. Guanfacine and clonidine, another alpha-2 agonist, are commonly prescribed for PTSD symptoms. “There are ...

Police issue alert for missing drugs  -  Nov 30, 2006
Mississauga News,Last night, four white bottles of the prescription drugs OxyContin, Clonidine and Carbamazepine were left aboard a bus in the Wolfedale Rd. and Dundas St. ...

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Quick Glance Edited by Ghazala Q. ...  -  Dec 8, 2006
AEM (subscription)...described. This section concludes with a synopsis of the treatment of clonidine ingestion, opiate overdose, and theophylline toxicity. ...

Peel Regional Police - Missing drugs  -  Nov 30, 2006
Canada NewsWire (press release),The bottles were white in colour, consisting of Oxycontin, Clonidine and Carbamazepine which were purchased at a pharmacy in the Dundas Road and Erin Mills ...

No Improvement of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms With ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)...history of brain disease; current systemic illness affecting CNS function; myocardial infarction in the past year; or recent use of guanfacine or clonidine. ...

Patient Management Exercise FOR PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)...a lessening of tic severity compared to placebo, a similar number of patients with worsening tics comparing methyl-phenidate, clonidine plus methylpheni-date ...

The Search for New Off-Label Indications for Antidepressant ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Gaffney GR, Perry PJ, Lund BC, et al. Risperidone versus clonidine in the treatment of children and adolescents with Tourette’s syndrome. ...

Wal-Mart Brings $4 Generic Program To Ohio  Oct 26, 2006
1MG TAB Captopril 100MG TAB Captopril 12.5MG TAB Captopril 25MG TAB Captopril 50MG TAB Chlorthalidone 25MG TAB Chlorthalidone 50MG TAB Clonidine 0.1MG TAB ... -PR Newswire (press release), Is Wal-Mart US drug savior?  Nov 3, 2006
It is discounting 314 different generics, such as the antibiotic amoxicillin and the cardiac drug clonidine, which represent a sliver of the 8,700 FDA-approved ... -Canon City Daily Record, Police Blotter  Nov 3, 2006
...heroin addicts at North Avenue and Charles Street before taking them to his home, where he is alleged to have sold them clonazepam, clonidine, oxytocin or ... -Baltimore Sun, Wedding ring stolen from home; purse snatched at grocery store  Nov 3, 2006
Included in the 11 different medications were narcotics like Vicodin, Tramadol, Alprazolam, an anti-anxiety medication, Metroprolol and Clonidine, high blood ... -Mirror, Strattera, suspected association with tics  Oct 17, 2006
Tourette's syndrome and insomnia. Concomitant medications included Risperidone and Clonidine ( Catapresan ). He had previously been ... -Xagena.it, $4 generic drugs hit state  Oct 27, 2006
Included are generics such as amoxicillin, an antibiotic; loratadine, for allergies, Betameth, an anti-inflammatory, and clonidine, a cardiac drug. ... -Detroit Free Press, $22-million lawsuit filed against doctor, medical center  Oct 11, 2006
...to staff the emergency department with physicians. Foote prescribed “five doses of Labetalol in increasing doses intravenously and Clonidine by mouth. ... -Rhea County Online, Man denies slaying  Sep 21, 2006
They found Whitaker confused, having finished off a prescription bottle of Clonidine, a high blood pressure medication used for a variety of other conditions ... -The Republican

Arianna Huffington: Summer Camp 2006: "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda" ...  Aug 27, 2006
Ritalin, Concerta, and Straterra (ADD/ADHD), Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft (anxiety and depression), and Clonidine, Lexapro, and Risperdal (mood disorders). ... -Yahoo! News

Caregiving teaches writer much  Sep 5, 2006
I became familiar with medical terminology and medications. "Grandma, have you taken your clonidine hydrochloride today or your prazosin hydrochloride? ... -Hattiesburg American

Options abound for people seeking treatment  Sep 6, 2006
While new drugs keep popping up on the market - naltrexone and acamprosate for alcohol dependence and clonidine and buprenorphine for opiate dependence ... -Daily Press

Peggy and Terry McDannold: The many facets of menopause  Sep 1, 2006
Other medications are used to treat symptoms and include the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (eg prozac), clonidine, gabapentin, and venlafaxine. ... -Cincinnati Post

Summer Camp 2006: "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda" Has Been Replaced by ...  Aug 27, 2006
...psychopharmacologic drugs such as Ritalin, Concerta, and Straterra (ADD/ADHD), Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft (anxiety and depression), and Clonidine, Lexapro, and ... -Huffington Post

This site is for informational purposes only--it does not offer medical advice or sell health products. If you need assistance, contact your physician or healthcare professional