February 17, 2008

Tarnished View of Wonder Drugs

Philadelphia Inquirer
By Karl Stark
When they were first introduced in the early 1990s, new antipsychotic medications for severe mental illness were seen as wonder drugs that were safer and more effective than their predecessors.
Sales soared as doctors tried them on new conditions, including dementia, aggression and other behavioral problems. Children and the elderly were among the [...]