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More than 90 percent of adult patients with schizophrenia who continued to receive the long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic paliperidone palmitate for another 2 years after completing a 1-year treatment course remained relapse-free, with no new safety signals emerging, according to an open-label extension (OLE) study.

Acupuncture for 8 weeks succeeds in lowering methadone dose and reducing cravings for opioid when compared with sham acupuncture, reports a study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 1-15 July 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

A web-based cognitive behavioural self-help intervention demonstrates effectiveness in reducing eating disorder symptoms and illness-related burden in individuals with bulimia nervosa, according to a study.

Specific antipsychotic drugs such as high-dose quetiapine, high- and medium-dose clozapine, and high-dose olanzapine appear to be associated with a heightened risk of pneumonia among patients with schizophrenia, as shown in a study.