Saturday, June 03, 2006

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pituitary Tumors

More on the recent report.

This time, it isn't just Risperidone, although it was the worst offender by far.

Numbers of Reported "Adverse Events"


Antipsychotic DrugPituitary_Tumor Hyperprolactinemia Galactorrhea Amenorrhea Gynecomastia
Risperidone54702530445118
Olanzapine1137172123
Haloperidol932492428
Ziprasidone6121324
Clozapine41516177
Quetiapine1131235
Aripiprazole05524
Total*77796630503186
*The total is not the sum of the column because a singlereport may mention more than one event or more than one antipsychoticdrug.

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