Category Archives: Forensic Neuropsychiatry

“Clock-watching” and insomnia are linked to posttraumatic stress symptoms – packaged with a zolpidem ad!

Just got this mass email. The ad next to it is for zolpidem – just the kind of stuff that might NOT benefit post-traumatic states. What’s the message here? OCTOBER 2012 Advertisement Editor’s note Approximately 50% of chronic insomnia patients … Continue reading

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Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease.

Important discussion, especially with an estimated cancer incidence of 1 on 7500 DaTSCANs. Neurology. 2012 Mar 6;78(10):696-701. Epub 2012 Feb 8. Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease. de la Fuente-Fernández R. Source Section of Neurology, Hospital A. … Continue reading

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Why most published research findings are false. [PLoS Med. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI

Why most published research findings are false. [PLoS Med. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI.

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Solifenacin as Add-on Therapy for Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Men Treated for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia – Full Text View – ClinicalTrials.gov

Of note, >>[p]atients with orthostatic hypotension, ulcerative colitis, hyperthyroidism, dementia or cognitive dysfunction, Parkinson’s disease, or cerebrovascular disorder<< were excluded. How many real-life patients with BPH also have one of the above? Solifenacin as Add-on Therapy for Overactive Bladder Symptoms … Continue reading

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Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder… [J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI

Notice authors’ disclosures when reading this material. Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder… [J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec;53(12):2195-201. Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder and their potential effects on cognitive function in … Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.