Recent news on Quetiapine

Extended-Release Quetiapine Effective in Treating Acute ...  -  25 May 2007
DG News..."Extended-release quetiapine is effective across a broad range of symptoms in acute schizophrenia," said principal investigator S. Charles Schulz, MD,

Routine Metabolic Screening Is Necessary for Antipsychotic ...  -  25 May 2007
DG NewsDrugs included in the study were aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone. Certain patient exclusions existed.

APA: Metabolic Risks Ignored in Choice of Atypical Antipsychotics  -  25 May 2007
MedPage Today,...antipsychotic agent, either olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal), quetiapine (Seroquel), ziprasidone (Geodon) or aripiprazole (Abilify).

FDA Approves Astrazeneca's Once-Daily Seroquel XR(TM) Extended ...  -  May 18, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Rare cases of NMS have been reported with quetiapine. Clinical manifestations of NMS are hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status, and evidence

AstraZeneca gets FDA backing for once-daily Seroquel XR  -  May 21, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Seroquel XR (quetiapine fumarate) extended-release tablets, which has the benefit of offering schizophrenia

FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Once-Daily SEROQUEL XR(TM) Extended ...  -  May 18, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SEROQUEL XR(TM) (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets,

FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Once-Daily SEROQUEL XR  -  May 20, 2007
ag-IP-news Agency,LONDON - AstraZeneca announced in a press release that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SEROQUEL XR (quetiapine fumarate)

US PSYCH: Vigilance Still Necessary for Atypical Antipsychotics  -  Apr 26, 2007
Psychiatric Times,Clozapine (Clozaril) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) have the highest receptor affinity with quetiapine (Seroquel) and risperidone (Risperdal) in the middle and

Effectiveness and Weight Effects of Open-Label Lamotrigine  -  May 23, 2007
Medscape (subscription)A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of quetiapine in the treatment of bipolar I or II depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2005;162:1351-1360.

Seroquel Lawsuits Add Up  -  May 21, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Seroquel, known generically as quetiapine fumarate, is an atypical anti-psychotic drug used to treat symptoms schizophrenia including delusions,

Ask the Expert: Treatment Strategy for Co-occurring Bipolar ...  -  May 18, 2007
Focus (subscription)Open-label and retrospective studies, as well as case series, provide limited support for use of quetiapine, aripiprazole, and olanzapine (5).

FDA Approves Astrazeneca's Once-Daily Seroquel XR Extended-Release ...  -  May 18, 2007
Compliance Home,...(May 17, 2007)-- AstraZeneca announced that the FDA has approved SEROQUEL XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets, a once-daily medicine for the

Bipolar children - is the US overdiagnosing?  -  May 16, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),She was also taking the anti-convulsant Depakote (valproate) and the anti-psychotic Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) to stabilise her mood.

Antidepressants linked to suicide risk in young adults  -  May 5, 2007
Food Consumer,Remeron (mirtazapine), Sarafem (fluoxetine HCl), Seroquel (quetiapine), Sinequan (doxepin), Surmontil (trimipramine), Symbyax (olanzapine/fluoxetine),

Subtypes of Pediatric Delirium: A Treatment Algorithm  -  May 3, 2007
Psychosomatics (subscription)The newer atypical antipsychotic agents, including olanzapine, risperidone, and quetiapine have also been reported to be useful in the pharmacological

Psychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report  -  May 2, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Mr. C received several trials of medication that were not effective (risperidone, 1 mg at bedtime; divalproex sodium, 750 mg bid; quetiapine, dose unknown;

New Medication Strategies for Comorbid Substance Use and Bipolar ...  -  May 18, 2007
Focus (subscription)Brown ES, Nejtek VA, Perantie DC, Bobadilla L ( 2002): Quetiapine in bipolar disorder and cocaine dependence. Bipolar Disord 4: 406–411.[Medline]

US PSYCH: Vigilance Still Necessary for Atypical Antipsychotics  -  26 Apr 2007
Psychiatric Times,Clozapine (Clozaril) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) have the highest receptor affinity with quetiapine (Seroquel) and risperidone (Risperdal) in the middle and

Man died after reaction to medication  -  Apr 25, 2007
ic CheshireOnline,Mr Butler had suffered a reaction to one of the anti-schizophrenic drugs he was taking at the time, including Sertraline, Atorvastatin, and Quetiapine.

SEROQUEL(R) Sustained Release Schizophrenia Data Presented at ECP ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The data demonstrated that the SEROQUEL(R) sustained release formulation (quetiapine fumarate sustained release), administered once daily,

Health Canada - Note to editors  -  Apr 10, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),This edition also features an article on the antipsychotic drug quetiapine, and its suspected association with inflammation of the pancreas and a low

AstraZeneca's 'big five' drive sales growth in first quarter  -  Apr 24, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Seroquel (quetiapine) for schizophrenia advanced 13% to $923 million, breast cancer drug Arimidex (anastrozole) rose 15% to $401 million, and the firm's

AstraZeneca's Plan, Icahn's Success, S&P Record: David Wilson  -  Apr 23, 2007
Bloomberg...to sell a generic version of the schizophrenia drug and has filed suit to overturn AstraZeneca's patent on its active ingredient, quetiapine fumarate.

No good drug for treating schizophrenia  -  Apr 23, 2007
The Brunei Times,...olanzapine, made by Eli Lilly and Co under the brand name Zyprexa; and quetiapine, made by AstraZeneca under the brand name Seroquel.

Antipsychotics’ Link to Weight Gain Found  -  Mar 27, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Unfortunately, clozapine and some of these other AAPDs, including olanzapine and quetiapine, also stimulate appetite and cause weight gain in patients.

Does Aripiprazole Have a Role in Treating Cognitive Impairment in ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Ichikawa J, Li Z, Meltzer H, et al: Atypical antipsychotic drugs, quetiapine, iloperidone and melperone preferentially increase dopamine and acetylcholine

Stimulating Research: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Patients were maintained on their medications: lithium (N=2), risperidone (N=1), quetiapine (N=1), divalproex (N=1), and lamotrigine (N=1).

AstraZeneca Sues Novartis to Block Generic Seroquel (Update1)  -  Apr 10, 2007
BloombergAstraZeneca claims the copies would infringe a patent it owns on quetiapine fumarate, the active ingredient in Seroquel. Sandoz's application challenges the

Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia Patients With Obsessive ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)...schizophrenia: eight patients), olanzapine (19 and 16 patients, respectively), quetiapine (three and two patients), clozapine (14 and eight patients),

Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Taiwan: A Population ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Psychiatric Services (subscription)...quetiapine, risperidone, ziprasidone, amisulpride, and aripiprazole), antidepressants (including tricyclics and second-generation antidepressants,

Bipolar disorder can cause mood swings, out-of-control behavior  -  Apr 4, 2007
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers,Recently, second generation antipsychotics (olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone and aripiprazole) have been found effective in shortening manic

Student cited for drug possession  -  Apr 4, 2007
Ashtabula Star-Beacon,Seroquel (quetiapine) is a prescription anti-psychotic drug used to control the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The pill is available in 25

Second-Generation Antipsychotic Agents in the Treatment of Acute ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Archives of General Psychiatry...and index terms of studies were searched using the following key words: aripiprazole, amisulpride, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone,

Treatment of Bipolar Depression  -  Mar 28, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...valproate, carbamazepine, and lamotrigine and some of the new atypical antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine or quetiapine.

Furor Therapeuticus: Benjamin Rush and the Philadelphia Yellow ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)...versus olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in patients with chronic schizophrenia who did not respond to prior atypical antipsychotic treatment.

Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 20, 2007  -  Feb 20, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of sustained-release quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel) for eight weeks to treat acute bipolar depression.

Black-Market Value of Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, and ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Pierre JM, Shnayder I, Wirshing DA, Wirshing WC: Intranasal quetiapine abuse (letter). Am J Psychiatry 2004; 161:1718 [Free Full Text]

Regulatory policies on medicines for psychiatric disorders: is ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),However, a decentralised route has been followed in the case of quetiapine, marketed after 1995, and approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in the UK

Characteristics of Psychotic Patients With Foreign Accent Syndrome  -  Feb 16, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)The patient was admitted from his nursing home where he had apparently been cheeking his medications (quetiapine and carbamazepine) and decompensated.

A Sibutramine-Induced Delusional Disorder Relapse  -  Feb 16, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Sibutramine was suspended and quetiapine (400mg bid) and hidrosaluretil (50mg/day) were prescribed. The delirious relapse remitted for over 3 weeks

Agitation in the Elderly  -  Feb 16, 2007
Psychiatric Times,The newer atypical antipsychotic agents, such as risperidone (Risperdal), clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa) and quetiapine (Seroquel) offer the

MediaSyndicate --- Free Press Release, PR, IR, News Post & Media ...  -  Feb 11, 2007
MediaSyndicate (press release)The exhaustive review examined 84 published studies on atypical antipsychotics such as Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate). Researchers found that not only is

3000 jobs go as AstraZeneca faces up to future challenges - 02/02/2007  -  Feb 2, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Seroquel (quetiapine) for schizophrenia advanced 19% to $912 million, breast cancer drug Arimidex (anastrozole) rose 24% to $412 million, and combination

Serotonin Syndrome Precipitated by the Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Neurological symptoms abated, but rapid mood shifts, irritability, impulsivity, and insomnia required quetiapine 25 mg three times a day.

Evidence Lacking To Support Many Off-Label Uses Of Atypical ...  -  18 Jan 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Risperidone and quetiapine, for example, help certain patients with obsessive- compulsive disorder when used in conjunction with antidepressants.

The New Year in Psychiatry  -  18 Jan 2007
Psychiatric Times,The second generation antipsychotics were Zyprexa (olanzapine), Geodon (ziprasidone), Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate), and Risperdal (risperidone).

Psychosis drug aids anorexics  -  Jan 16, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),A study showed that antipsychotic drug quetiapine eased symptoms, and nine of the 19 patients taking part gained weight after ten weeks of taking it.

Quetiapine Addiction?  -  Jan 3, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)To the Editor: Quetiapine is not a controlled substance and is not considered addictive. Yet there are several reports describing abuse among inmates in

Quetiapine Cross Reactivity With Urine Methadone Immunoassays  -  Jan 3, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)We report a case of three schizophrenia patients with quetiapine monotherapy who underwent urine drug screens in the context of a functional magnetic

Research and Markets: AstraZeneca Now Has Ten Products With Global ...  -  Jan 11, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),In 2005, Seroquel (quetiapine), an atypical anti-psychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, become the most prescribed drug in its class in

Exacerbation of Psychotic Symptoms Associated With Gatifloxacin  -  Jan 5, 2007
Psychosomatics (subscription)A 60-year-old man with a history of schizoaffective disorder and type II diabetes was doing well on sertraline 50 mg daily, quetiapine 200 mg bid,

Diabetes Drug Reverses SGA-Related Weight Gain  -  Jan 5, 2007
Psychiatric News,...parallel-design trial" in which they enrolled 39 patients aged 10 to 17 who had been taking one of three SGAs—olanzapine, quetiapine (Seroquel),

Manic Episode During Treatment With Aripiprazole  -  Jan 3, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and aripiprazole received Food and Drug Administration approval for the management of this disorder.

Safety of Aripiprazole: High Serum Levels in a CYP2D6 Mutated Patient  -  Jan 3, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)When aripiprazole was substituted by quetiapine 400 mg daily, the adverse symptoms improved. The high serum levels of aripiprazole, not the adverse events,

Lack of Awareness and Cultural Stigmas May Prevent Many Latinos ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),But there is good news for people with bipolar disorder: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved SEROQUEL(R) (quetiapine fumarate) for

Bolder II study: Quetiapine is an effective monotherapy for ...  -  Dec 13, 2006
Xagena.it,Results from the BOLDER II ( BipOLar DepRession ) study confirm that Quetiapine ( Seroquel ) has the potential as a single medication to treat for major

Effectiveness of Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, and ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)This randomized, double-blind study compared olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone in patients who had just discontinued a different atypical

Effectiveness of Switching Antipsychotic Medications  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Staying with versus switching from treatment: For those participants who entered the study already receiving olanzapine, risperidone, or quetiapine

Lilly Responds To The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of The CATIE ...  -  Dec 2, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Among the atypicals studied (Zyprexa, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone), Zyprexa had the lowest total healthcare costs. Zyprexa was less costly by

Lilly Responds to the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the CATIE ...  -  Nov 30, 2006
American Digital Networks (press release),Zyprexa was less costly by about $2700 per year than quetiapine, $1212 per year less than risperidone, and $3564 per year less than ziprasidone.

Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia During ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Ms. A had done well taking quetiapine for 5 years. A few years earlier, she had undergone an abortion after being told that her medication was not

Antipsychotic Use and Expenditure in the United States  -  Dec 7, 2006
Psychiatric Services (subscription)The most frequently used second-generation agents were risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine (Figure 1). Overall, an estimated $2.82 billion

Quick Reference FOR PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Some of these recent indications include: clonazepam approved for panic disorder; risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and aripiprazole approved for acute

Drug Continuity May Aid In Better Treatment Outcomes  -  Dec 15, 2006
Psychiatric News,Because of the low number of patients involved, statistical comparisons involving quetiapine, perphenazine, and ziprasidone were not done,

Older schizo meds as good  -  Nov 27, 2006
Health24.com,One of the motivations in doing the research, the BBC reports, is that the newer drugs known as antipsychotics, such as risperidone, quetiapine,

Latest Round of CATIE Data Sparks Many Questions  -  Dec 1, 2006
Psychiatric News,The team analyzed data comparing six antipsychotic medications—the FGA perphenazine versus the SGAs clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine

Essential Blepharospasm Responding to Haloperidol  -  Nov 29, 2006
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Reeves RR, Liberto V: Treatment of essential blepharospasm with quetiapine. Mov Disord 2003: 18:1072-1073. See RE, Berglind WJ, Krentz L, et al: Convergent

The Costs of Drugs for Schizophrenia  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Patients with chronic schizophrenia were assigned to treatment with perphenazine, olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, or ziprasidone for up to 18 months.

Lilly Responds to the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the CATIE ...  -  Dec 3, 2006
Drug Newswire (press release),CATIE found that for Zyprexa the average time to discontinuation was 9.2 months as compared with 4.6 months for quetiapine, 4.8 months for risperidone,

Updated Bipolar Disorder Guidelines include Seroquel as a first ...  -  Nov 30, 2006
DG NewsThe guidelines consider Seroquel™ (quetiapine fumarate) as a first-line single medication for bipolar depression and a second-line option for the management

Lack of Awareness and Cultural Stigmas May Prevent Many Latinos ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),But there is good news for people with bipolar disorder: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved SEROQUEL(R) (quetiapine fumarate) for

Interpreting the Results of the CATIE Study  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)The CATIE results showed that olanzapine, perphenazine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone differ from one another somewhat in terms of efficacy and

Bibliography PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)...quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone in patients with chronic schizophrenia following discontinuation of a previous atypical antipsychotic.

Effectiveness of Switching Antipsychotic Medications  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)Second, for patients whose baseline antipsychotic was olanzapine (N=319), risperidone (N=271), or quetiapine (N=94), the authors examined the impact of

Clinical Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Antipsychotic Use  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)...to newer second-generation antipsychotics (clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, etc.). Because the newer second-generation antipsychotics are

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Metformin ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)...gain in 39 subjects, ages 10–17, whose weight had increased by more than 10% during less than 1 year of olanzapine, risperidone, or quetiapine therapy.

Drugmakers highlight limits of CATIE study  -  Dec 4, 2006
Pharma Times (subscription),...expensive to treat patients with schizophrenia than newer products such as AstraZeneca's Seroquel (quetiapine) and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa (olanzapine).

Older schizophrenia drug works, costs less - study  -  Dec 1, 2006
Malaysia Star,Shares of AstraZeneca fell as much as 2.2 percent on fears that demand for Seroquel, known by the chemical name quetiapine, would be hurt.

Diabetes Drug Halts Weight Gain in Kids Taking Antipsychotics  -  Dec 1, 2006
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Atypical antipsychotic medications include risperidone (brand name Risperidal), olanzapine (brand name Zyprexa) and quetiapine (brand name Seroquel).

Switching Drugs No Panacea in Schizophrenia  -  Dec 1, 2006
Psychiatric Times,...four so-called second generation medications, Zyprexa (olanzapine), Geodon (ziprasidone), Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate), and Risperdal (risperidone).

Older Schizophrenia Drug Called More Cost-Effective Than Newer Ones  -  Dec 1, 2006
Psychiatric Times,These were Zyprexa (olanzapine), Geodon (ziprasidone), Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate), and Risperdal (risperidone). The main result of the study,

Mental illness, diabetes link cut?  -  Dec 1, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer,Klein's study looked at people taking olanzapine, risperidone and quetiapine, all commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder, oppositional defiance

Suicidal Ideation and Pharmacotherapy Among STEP-BD Patients  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Specific agents included olanzapine (135 participants; mean ± SD dosage, 10.7 ± 10.5 mg/day), risperidone (73 participants; 3.9 ± 14.9 mg/day), quetiapine

Sedative Hypnotics  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Currently, atypical antipsychotics such as quetiapine and olanzapine are used to promote sleep for patients with and without major psychiatric problems.

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