The availability of new atypical antipsychotics, such as risperidone, that have higher acquisition costs than conventional treatments has prompted pharmacoeconomic evaluation of their costs and benefits. Risperidone is reported to have superior efficacy to haloperidol and similar efficacy to...

_ Acamprosate is thought to reduce the craving for alcohol. The drug helps to maintain abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients who have successfully undergone detoxification. Abstinence rates during 3 to 12 months' treatment with acamprosate were approximately double those with placebo in most...

Rizatriptan (Maxalt(R); Maxalt-MLT(R); Maxalt-Melt(R)) is an oral serotonin 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonist (triptan) used in the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. Rizatriptan 5mg and 10mg are effective in relieving the symptoms of migraine and the 10mg dose provided faster...

Abciximab is a monoclonal antibody fragment that inhibits platelet aggregation through antagonism of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa. The drug is used in conjunction with heparin and aspirin to prevent ischaemic complications associated with percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with...