Cessation of medication for people with schizophrenia already stable on chlorpromazine

Almerie, M. Q., El-Din Matar, Hosam, Essali, A., Alkhateeb, H. and Rezk, E. 2007. Cessation of medication for people with schizophrenia already stable on chlorpromazine. Schizophrenia Bulletin 34 (1) , pp. 13-14. 10.1093/schbul/sbm126

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Abstract

Introduction People with schizophrenia are often encouraged to take medication for protracted periods of time in order to postpone or stop deterioration. It is, nevertheless, difficult for clinicians to provide a quantitative estimate of risk of relapse should medication be stopped. Because protracted use of any medication carries a risk of adverse effects, it seems reasonable to seek this evidence. Objectives To investigate the effects of stopping chlorpromazine for people with schizophrenia already stable on that drug, primarily for outcomes of global state, improvement, and relapse. Search Strategy We searched the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group Trials Register (March 2006). This is compiled by systematic searches of major …

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	schizophrenia; chlorpromazine; cessation
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0586-7614
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/26410

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