May 24, 2007 (San Diego) — A recent study found that among patients in a psychiatric hospital, the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine (Seroquel, AstraZeneca), which is approved for schizophrenia and ...

Warning letters to primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding overprescription of quetiapine were helpful in reducing overprescribing of this agent, new research suggested. Investigators analyzed data ...

Was AstraZeneca touting Seroquel for off-label uses? Or was it simply plotting to get FDA approval for new indications for the atypical antipsychotic? These are the essential questions posed by a mega ...

Overprescribing warning letters modestly cut the use of antipsychotic medications without apparent repercussion in people with dementia, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial indicated. Compared ...

The use of the antipsychotic drugs quetiapine and haloperidol is associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) caused by drug-induced QT prolongation, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 13% of users of quetiapine and haloperidol developed severe QT prolongation. Severe QT prolongation ...

Few prescription drugs were as popular as the antipsychotic Seroquel. Psychiatrists trusted it, nursing homes used it and addiction specialists prescribed it. Annual sales exceeded $3 billion. But in ...

I take 25 mg of quetiapine at night as a sleeping aid, and one of the side effects is an increase in blood sugar. I am curious if that will also show a rise in my A1C blood work as well? — T.F. ANSWER ...