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Background Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent manner. Corrected QT interval (QTc) exceeding a threshold value of 450 ms may be associated with an increased risk of life threatening arrhythmias ...
Piccinelli Marco +9 more
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Dosing strategies for switching from oral risperidone to paliperidone palmitate: Effects on clinical outcomes. [PDF]
IntroductionThere are currently no guidelines for switching patients from oral risperidone to paliperidone palmitate (Invega Sustenna®). Furthermore, the paliperidone long-acting injectable (LAI) package insert does not recommend bridging with oral ...
Hsia, Stephanie L +4 more
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder manifested largely by disintegration of thought processes and emotional responsiveness. Given the therapeutic and toxic limitations of clinically available drugs, it is clear that there is still a need for the ...
Mahantesh Namdev Jadhav +3 more
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Assessment of adherence to treatment with injectable extended-release antipsychotics within a pharmacotherapeutic follow-up program [PDF]
Objective: To describe an injectable extended-release antipsychotic pharmacotherapeutic follow-up program and to assess adherence among patients included in the program.
Carmen Gallastegui +5 more
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Experimental pharmacological research regarding some newly synthesized benzamides on central nervous system functions [PDF]
Three newly synthesized benzamides by the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Faculty of pharmacy from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila” Bucharest were tested in order to determine whether these new molecules have similar ...
Chiriță, Cornel +4 more
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening emergency that is often seen as a complication of antipsychotic agents. It is characterized by a tetrad of motor, behavioral, autonomic, and laboratory abnormalities.
Bino Rajamani +2 more
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Effects of intervention with the SAFE strategy on trachoma across Ethiopia.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The impact of the SAFE strategy (surgery, antibiotics, face washing, environmental hygiene), recommended to eliminate blinding trachoma, is not well explored.
Patel, D +3 more
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Existing and emerging pharmacological approaches to the treatment of mania: A critical overview
Manic episodes are a defining, frequent and dramatically disabling occurrence in the course of Bipolar Disorder type I. Current pharmacotherapy of mania lists a good number of agents, but differences in efficacy and safety profiles among these agents ...
Giulio Sparacino +3 more
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Psychiatric manifestations of multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis [PDF]
It is unusual for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis to present as purely psychiatric disorders. We report five patients with such demyelinating diseases and symptoms of psychosis, depression or anxiety.
Brinar, Marko +3 more
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Vascular failure is a pathological entity that seems to be antecedent to various pathological processes. This investigation theorized that vascular failure-related phenomena would be apparent in early phases after the application of neuroleptics ...
Ivan Maria Smoday +2 more
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