Publications by authors named "Heeral Naik"
Int J Clin Pharm
April 2024
Article Synopsis
- Women are under-represented in antipsychotic medication trials, leading to a study that evaluates five adverse events (AE) of first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).
- The study analyzed 24.6 million AE reports since 2000 and found varying reporting odds ratios (ROR) for different AEs between men and women, highlighting significant differences, especially for tardive dyskinesia (TD) and agranulocytosis (AG).
- The results indicate that women may face increased risks of severe outcomes related to FGAs, particularly for TD hospitalization and AG-related deaths, as well as a notable increased risk for Torsades de Pointes (
