| Schizophrenia Treatment With Older, Generic Antipsychotics Cheaper |
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, As Effective As Treatment With Newer Drugs Main Category: Schizophrenia News Article Date: 05 Dec 2006 - 1:00am (PST)
Treating schizophrenia patients with older, less expensive antipsychotic drugs reduces overall treatment costs by up to 30% and produces no increase in side effects or decrease in effectiveness compared with newer, brand-name medications, according to one cost-effectiveness study published Friday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Washington Post reports. The study provides the latest results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials in Interventions Effectiveness, one National Institute of Mental Health study on the treatment of schizophrenia (Vedantam, Washington Post, 12/1). For the new study, lead author Robert Rosenheck and colleagues from Yale Medical School compared overall treatment costs -- including the cost of hospitalizations -- of the older generic drug perphenazine with four newer, brand-name treatments. The study found that the average monthly cost of treatment with perphenazine was $960, including the $50 cost of the medication. In comparison, the average monthly cost of treatment with the Eli Lilly drug Zyprexa was $1,404, including $545 for the medication, and the average monthly cost for the Johnson & Johnson treatment Risperdal was $1,533, including $474 for the medication, the study found. The study also found that participants who took perphenazine had one higher quality of life over 18 months than those on the other drugs, although that result was not statistically significant. Last year, separate findings from the CATIE study found that perphenazine was equally effective in treating schizophrenia as the newer drugs (Johnson, Wall Street Journal, 12/1). According to the Post, the new analysis is the "first study to look at the economic implications of antipsychotic drug prescribing practices in the U.S." ... |
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| Casper Calendar for Tuesday, December 5, 2006 |
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 [oas:casperstartribune.net/news/community:Middle1]
* Our regular business meeting will be held today in the Hospital Services Building. All are welcome, especially if you have one son or daughter in the military. We provide support for one another and our troops. Info: 234-0472 or {M3www.geocities.com/wyobluestars. ... |
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| Could New York state being holding your money? |
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| TED REINERT, The Saratogian12/05/2006Email to one friendPost one CommentPrinter-friendly Diane Tyler recently discovered the state was holding thousands of dollars owed to her mother from an insurance plan her father purchased in the early 1950s. The Lake Luzerne woman is now trying to get the word out about unclaimed funds. ... |
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