Treatments for mental health conditions are structured around the condition being treated and typically are holistic in nature- including not just medication but also other interventions, such as ...

Nov. 27—A U.S. district judge approved a settlement between child welfare advocates and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services over the state's administration of psychotropic ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted accelerated approval of a treatment for adults with metastatic biliary tract cancer—a condition with less than a 5 percent five-year ...

“A comprehensive overhaul of the FDA’s review, approval and monitoring process for psychotropic drugs and psychiatric devices is vital to safeguarding public health and ensuring the protection of ...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new HIV-1 medicines: Delstrigo and Pifeltro. The FDA has approved ...

Medicaid is responsible for a large proportion of total spending for certain psychotropic drug classes. For example, it was responsible for 52 percent of spending on antipsychotics and ...

The FDA has approved Rapiblyk, a new drug to treat irregular heartbeats in critically ill hospitalized patients with severe supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), including atrial fibrillation and ...

After months of uncertainty and controversy, the FDA has given approval to Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug – even though it hasn't yet shown any proof it can slow progress of the ...

The new findings showed improvements in HbA1c, hypoglycemia, body weight, and systolic blood pressure with sotagliflozin in this patient population, though the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis continues ...

FDA approves AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi for limited-stage small cell lung cancer, cutting the risk of death by 27% in the ADRIATIC trial. Imfinzi shows median overall survival of 55.9 months versus ...

Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, while not specifically approved by the FDA to treat bipolar disorder, are often used by doctors off-label as well, especially when carefully balanced with ...