Ark. AG files suit over marketing of anti-psychotic drug

The Associated Press
By ANDREW DeMILLO
Drug companies improperly marketed an anti-psychotic drug, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel claimed Tuesday as he asked a state judge to force the firms to repay millions shelled out by the state’s Medicaid program for unnecessary prescriptions.
McDaniel filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.,
Janssen LP and Johnson [...]

Dementia relief, with a huge side effect – The off-label use of some drugs is helping elderly patients, but may be killing thousands.

St. Petersburg Times
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Two years ago, federal regulators sounded a dire warning: Elderly people with dementia who take drugs like Seroquel, Risperdal and Zyprexa could suffer the ultimate side effect.
They could die.
Yet today, about one in four nursing home residents still take these antipsychotic drugs. Sales to the elderly continue to rise, generating a [...]