Serum levels of antipsychotic agents.
Fasting serum levels of antipsychotic agents, given in nM, after 2 or 8 weeks of treatment, respectively.
Vidar Martin Steen (116127) +6 more
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Risk of Mortality (including Sudden Cardiac Death) and Major Cardiovascular Events in Users of Olanzapine and Other Antipsychotics: A Study with the General Practice Research Database. [PDF]
Objective. Assess risk of cardiac events and mortality among users of olanzapine and other antipsychotics relative to nonusers. Methods. The General Practice Research Database was used to identify cohorts of antipsychotic users and nonusers with ...
Van Staa, Tjeerd; id_orcid +8 more
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Antipsychotic treatment patterns and cardiometabolic medicine use: current real-world evidence
Aims Off-label use of antipsychotics, often at low doses, is increasing. Exploring the link between individual antipsychotic treatment patterns, including low-dose continuous use, and cardiometabolic health is crucial to prevent long-term morbidity and ...
Ramya Padmavathy Radha Krishnan +3 more
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Do Atypical Antipsychotic Agents Trigger Autoimmune Diabetes?
Atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agents, such as aripiprazole and olanzapine, are increasingly used in the management of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders in children.
Soyka, Leslie A. +4 more
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Adverse health events associated with antipsychotic use: an umbrella review [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Antipsychotic medications are prescribed in nearly 800,000 patients in England. Monitoring the adverse effects of antipsychotics is essential in the prevention of harm to patients.
Chow, Rachel Tsz Suet
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Binding of typical and atypical antipsychotic agents to 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 and 5-hydroxytryptamine-7 receptors [PDF]
The authors examined the affinities of 36 typical and atypical antipsychotic agents for the cloned rat 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 (5-HT6) and rat 5-hydroxytryptamine-7 (5-HT7) receptors in transiently expressed COS-7 cells (5-HT7) or stably transfected HEK ...
Sibley, David R. +7 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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Olanzapine-induced skin eruptions
Adverse cutaneous reactions are known to occur with psychotropic medications, which may lead to poor drug compliance. As compared to other group of psychotropics, there is relatively scarce literature on olanzapine-induced skin eruptions.
Nishtha Chawla +2 more
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Problems associated with the diagnosis and the prescribing of anti-psychotic medication in children and adolescents for psychiatric conditions, by non-psychiatric specialists [PDF]
Aim: The objective of this study is to assess the accuracy of the diagnosis and appropriateness of antipsychotic medication prescribed to children and adolescents referred to child guidance clinic, and how many of these remained on the said medication ...
Cassar Parnis, Abigail +2 more
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Psychotic Disorders: Self-Directed Learning Module
Introduction Psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, are listed among the ADMSEP Clinical Learning Objectives for Psychiatry Education of Medical Students (2007) and lead to significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden for the patient ...
Sarah Johnson +3 more
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