Antipsychotic agents: efficacy and safety in schizophrenia
Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2012 Arão Nogueira de Araújo,1 Eduardo Pondé de Sena,1,2 Irismar Reis de Oliveira,1,3 Mario F Juruena41Postgraduation Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, 2Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Health ...
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In Elderly Patients With Antipsychotic-Induced Hyperprolactinemia, Could Switching to a Prolactin-Sparing Antipsychotic or Adding a Dopamine Agonist, Rather Than Maintaining the Current Regimen, Normalize the Prolactin Levels Without Triggering Psychotic Relapse or Increasing the Risk of Life-Threatening Adverse Events? A Systematic Review [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: Elevated prolactin levels due to antipsychotic drugs are prevalent in elderly patients and may cause multiple complications. Hence, the purpose of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of changing existing antipsychotic treatments with ...
Gaurav Uppal +4 more
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Impact of Early Antipsychotic Prescription Choice on Weight Gain in the First 5 Years of Psychotic Illness: a Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Neurology and TherapyIntroduction We analysed the effects of antipsychotic drug prescribing in year 1 of treatment for psychosis on future weight gain over 5 years. Methods We studied how weight changed over 5 years after the first diagnosis of psychosis/schizophrenia ...
Adrian Heald +11 more
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Reply: Antipsychotic Agents and Delirium. [PDF]
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2015 Hsieh SJ +4 more
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Can antipsychotic agents be considered as real anti-manic treatments ? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2014 Michel eBourin
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Biomedicines, 2022 Recommendations for duration of treatment with antipsychotics before considering a switch vary from 2 to 8 weeks, although several studies suggest a rapid onset of action.
Rikke Meyer +6 more
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Myocarditis in patients on long-term antipsychotics –mechanism, management and recent updates
Heliyon, 2023 Objective: Clozapine is the first atypical antipsychotic drug and was frequently cited as the most effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but it is associated with a concert of significant cardiotoxic side effects.
Patterson Daniel +6 more
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Risperidone-induced Premature Ventricular Complexes in Psychosis: A Case Report [PDF]
Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, 2023 Atypical antipsychotics are known to cause cardiovascular side effects, such as prolonging the QTc interval due to blockade of the potassium repolarization channels, and hence they predispose to ventricular arrhythmias, like premature ventricular ...
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction: Antipsychotic-induced dyslipidemia represents a common adverse effect faced by patients with schizophrenia that increases risk for developing further metabolic complications and cardiovascular disease.
Pruntha Kanagasundaram +21 more
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Loxapine in patient with clozapine-resistant psychosis [PDF]
Mental Health Clinician, 2021 Clozapine is recognized as the drug of choice for treatment-refractory schizophrenia, but use may be limited because of strict monitoring requirements and adverse effects including severe neutropenia, seizures, and myocarditis.
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