A drug safety watchdog has renewed its criticism of the FDA's approval of a Parkinson's psychosis medication and is calling for stronger warnings on its label for patients and their families
A drug safety watchdog has renewed its criticism of the government's approval of a Parkinson's psychosis medication and is calling for stronger warnings on its label for patients and their families.
Deemed a"breakthrough" medication, Nuplazid received an expedited review and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016. The agency ruled that the potential benefits for a desperate patient population outweighed its risks, making it the only drug on the market approved to combat hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's patients.
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