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Class effect of pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorder: fact or misbelief?

Annals of General Psychiatry, 2011
Background Anecdotal reports suggests that most clinicians treat medications as belonging to a class with regard to all therapeutic indications; this means that the whole 'class' of drugs is considered to possesses a specific therapeutic action.
Vieta Eduard, Gonda Xenia, Fountoulakis Konstantinos N, Rihmer Zoltan   +3 more
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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

BJPsych Open
Aims: 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, Sathyan Soundara Rajan, Akhila Bhandarkar, Sneh Babhulkar, Asha Devi Dhandapani   +4 more
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Predictors of switching antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia

BMC Psychiatry, 2010
Background To identify patient characteristics and early changes in patients' clinical status that best predict subsequent switching of antipsychotic agents in the long-term treatment of schizophrenia.
Stauffer Virginia L, Ascher-Svanum Haya, Faries Douglas E, Nyhuis Allen W, Kinon Bruce J   +4 more
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Antipsychotics induced hyperprolactinaemia and osteoporosis

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021
Antipsychotic drugs block dopamine D2 receptors and thus remove the inhibitory influence on prolactin secretion. Hyperprolactinemia is a common side effect of treatment with antipsychotics.
Semiha Tufan Temiz, Atila Erol
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Epidemiology and treatment of mood disorders in a day hospital setting from 1996 to 2007: an Italian study

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2013
Maria Luca,1 Giuseppa Prossimo,1 Vincenzo Messina,1 Antonina Luca,2 Salvatore Romeo,1 Carmela Calandra11Department of Medical and Surgery Specialties, Psychiatry Unit, 2Department of Neuroscience, University Hospital Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele ...
Luca M, Prossimo G, Messina V, Luca A, Romeo S, Calandra C   +5 more
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of atypical antipsychotic drugs

Acta Pharmaceutica, 2014
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder often associated with cognitive impairment and affective, mainly depressive, symptoms. Antipsychotic medication is the primary intervention for stabilization of acute psychotic episodes and prevention of ...
Grundmann Milan, Kacirova Ivana, Urinovska Romana   +2 more
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Overcoming barriers to effective management of tardive dyskinesia

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2019
Stanley N Caroff Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center, and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Abstract: Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a heterogeneous syndrome of involuntary hyperkinetic movements ...
Caroff SN
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Use of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly: a clinical review

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2014
Pietro Gareri,1 Cristina Segura-García,2 Valeria Graziella Laura Manfredi,1 Antonella Bruni,2 Paola Ciambrone,2 Gregorio Cerminara,2 Giovambattista De Sarro,2 Pasquale De Fazio2 1Elderly Health Care, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale Catanzaro ...
Gareri P, Segura-Garcia C, Manfredi VG, Bruni A, Ciambrone P, Cerminara G, De Sarro G, De Fazio P   +7 more
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Psychotropic drug therapy in patients in the intensive care unit - usage, adverse effects and drug interactions: a review

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2018
Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Mahtabalsadat Mirjalili, Afsaneh Vazin Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abstract: Managing psychological problems in patients admitted to intensive care unit (
Shafiekhani M, Mirjalili M, Vazin A
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Double-Duty Drugs: Repositioning Antipsychotics to Combat Bacterial Infections. [PDF]

CNS Neurosci Ther
Faraji N, Abavisani M, Ebadpour N, Karav S, Kesharwani P, Sahebkar A.   +5 more
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