Showing posts with label antipsychotic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antipsychotic. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

FDA Approves Adasuve (loxapine) Inhalation Powder for the Acute Treatment of Agitation Associated with Schizophrenia or Bipolar I Disorder in Adults



We know that, Loxapine (LoxapacLoxitane) is a typical antipsychotic medication, used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia. It is a member of the dibenzoxazepine class and structurally related to clozapine (which belongs to the chemically akin class of dibenzodiazepines). Several researchers have argued that Loxapine may behave as an atypical antipsychotic.  Loxapine may be metabolized by N-demethylation to amoxapine, a tetracyclic antidepressant. ........