Off-label utilization of antipsychotics
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Appendix D: Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics
Abilify, an atypical antipsychotic, has been the number one prescription drug in America for several years based on dollar-volume. Sales are $6.29 billion per year. But treatment of psychosis is not what made Abilify the top-selling drug in the United States. Abilify is now widely prescribed as an adjunctive drug for depression; and it is prescribed offlabel for many uses. The manufacturer says...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1994-8220
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v9i1.30206