Pharmacy Technician's Letter

Article: increasing use of antipsychotics (Abilify, Zyprexa, Risperdal, etc) in children January 2010

Article: Saphris (SA-fris), a new antipsychotic October 2009

Article: computer alerts about "serotonin syndrome" when entering some drug combos October 2009

Article: Nuvigil launch brings up more questions about whether new forms of existing drugs are better than the original July 2009

Article: new "opioid" pain medicine called Nucynta (new-SINN-tah, tapentadol) July 2009

Chart: Follow-on Drugs: Therapeutic Benefit or Economic Burden? July 2009

Commentary: Nuvigil (Armodafinil) July 2009

Article: The new Aplenzin (uh-PLEN-zin) will add confusion about which bupropion product to choose from the pharmacy shelf May 2009

Article: ads promoting Savella (milnacipran) as the first drug approved ONLY for fibromyalgia March 2009

Commentary: New Drug: Savella (Milnacipran) March 2009

Guideline: Management of fibromyalgia syndrome in adults (2009) March 2009

Article: People are getting lithium in the form of lithium orotate without a prescription February 2009

Article: how Pristiq compares to venlafaxine (Effexor XR, etc) February 2009

Article: A new once-a-day extended-release venlafaxine TABLET will now compete with Effexor XR CAPSULES January 2009

Commentary: New Venlafaxine Extended-Release Formulation January 2009

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