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Medical Areas: Psychiatry/Psychology
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Company: Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Approval Status: Approved September 1997
Treatment Area: psychotic disorders
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zeneca's
Seroquel (R) (quetiapine fumarate) tablets, an oral medication
indicated for the management of the manifestations of psychotic
disorders, including schizophrenia. Seroquel was shown to be
effective in treating both the positive symptoms (i.e.,
hallucinations, delusions) and negative symptoms (i.e., emotional
withdrawal, blunted affect) associated with schizophrenia.