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"Our results suggest that these instructions and recommendations [except for blood monitoring] might have caused thousands of premature deaths worldwide in patients who have been exposed to other antipsychotic drugs, which might be associated with increased mortality. In our opinion, such restrictions and recommendations should be based on solid scientific evidence for the safety of drugs. This example underscores the need for large nationwide databases to be used for surveillance of drug safety," they concluded.
The study appears online July 12 and in an upcoming print issue of The Lancet.
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