MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'iloperidone approval'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398856&cid=t_239879_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FvKNFgNsDr2I%2F The United States FDA has granted marketing approval to a new drug to help treat schizophrenia. Called Fanapt (iloperidone), the medication is intended to treat adults with schizophrenia while in the acute phases. It isn’t yet known how long they should be kept on the medication once the acute phases is over, but researchers agree that if the patient is responding, continuing with the treatment is encouraged. According to a company press release , “The approval was supported by two placebo-controlled Phase III clinical studies comparing Fanapt(TM) to placebo and active control in patients with schizophrenia, as well as safety data from more than 3,000 patients.” Schizophrenia is a fairly common mental illness, estimated to strike one out of every 100 people in North Amer... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398856 Sat, 09 May 2009 15:02:46 +0100 2398856