American Students Receive Antipsychotics Now More Often Than Before

American Students Receive Antipsychotics Now More Often Than Before.
Use of antipsychotic drugs all Medicaid-insured children increased sternly from 1997 to 2006, according to a renewed study. These drugs were prescribed for children covered by Medicaid five times more often than for children with exclusive insurance. Researchers said this disparity should be examined more closely, particularly because these drugs were often prescribed for a alleged off-label use, which is when a drug is used in a different way than has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. "Many of the children were diagnosed with behavioral rather than insane conditions for which these drugs have FDA-approved labeling," meditate on author Julie Zito, a professor in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, said in a university tidings release.

And "These are often children with serious socioeconomic and brood life problems. We need more information on the benefits and risks of using antipsychotics for behavioral conditions, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity unrest ADHD, in community-treated populations".