Ziprasidone (Marketed as Geodon and Generics): Drug Safety Communication - Rare But Potentially Fatal Skin Reactions
Symptoms may include a rash that can spread to all parts of the body, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and inflammation of organs such as the liver, kidney, lungs, heart, or pancreas. (Source: FDA MedWatch)
Source: FDA MedWatch - December 11, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA warns Pfizer's antipsychotic could cause fatal skin reaction
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's antipsychotic Geodon and generic versions of the drug can trigger a potentially fatal skin reaction, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Should You Take Geodon for Your Bipolar Disorder?
A concise profile of the medication Geodon (generic ziprasidone), an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - June 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Completed and attempted suicides among 18,154 subjects with schizophrenia included in a large simple trial - Fleischhacker WW, Kane JM, Geier J, Karayal O, Kolluri S, Eng SM, Reynolds RF, Strom BL.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize subgroups of subjects with schizophrenia from the Ziprasidone Observational Study of Cardiac Outcomes (ZODIAC) trial who either completed or attempted suicide and those who did not. METHOD: The ZODIAC, conducted between F... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Geodon Is Less Effective for the Obese, Hyperglycemic
Geodon (ziprasidone), an atypical antipsychotic often prescribed for patients with bipolar disorder, is far less likely to be effective in patients with a BMI of 28.8 or higher and/or a ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - February 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Dr. Stevin Zorn, Ph.D.
EVP & US Site Head, Neuroscience Research and Development, Lundbeck Research USA Stevin Zorn is Executive Vice President and US site head for Neuroscience Research at Lundbeck Research USA since 2008. He is a member of Lundbeck's Global Research Leadership Team, Development Committee, R&D Management group, R&D Executive Committee and the US Management Group. His research focus is on discovering meaningful treatments to relieve suffering from both Psychiatric and Neurological diseases and is presently heading up Lundbeck's Disease Biology Unit on Neuroinflammation to discover breakthrough therapies for psycho-ne...
Source: PHRMA - November 5, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Leah Source Type: news
Stevin Zorn, PhD
Credentials: EVP, Neuroscience R&D, Lundbeck Research USABio: Stevin Zorn is Executive Vice President and US site head for Neuroscience Research at Lundbeck Research USA since 2008. He is a member of Lundbeck's Global Research Leadership Team, Development Committee, R&D Management group, and the R&D Executive Committee. His research focus is on discovering meaningful treatments to relieve suffering from both Psychiatric and Neurological diseases and is presently heading up Lundbeck's Disease Biology Unit on Neuroinflammation to discover breakthrough therapies for Psycho-neurological diseases. Dr. Zorn...
Source: PHRMA - August 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephen Source Type: news
Geodon (Ziprasidone) Drug Profile
A concise profile of the medication Geodon (generic ziprasidone), an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - June 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
