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January 5, 2010

Metabolic Risks Unmonitored In Medicaid Patients On Antipsychotics

Despite government warnings and professional recommendations about diabetes risks associated with second-generation antipsychotic drugs, fewer than one-third of Medicaid patients who are treated with these medications undergo tests of blood glucose or lipid levels, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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November 12, 2009

Psychiatrist Delivers High-Risk Meds, Poor Care In Chicago Nursing Homes

ProPublica/The Chicago Tribune examine the case of a controversial psychiatrist who delivered an anti-psychotic medication to thousands of Medicaid patients in Chicago's nursing homes. "Dr.

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