This study presents a meta-analysis of the influence of several potentially biasing factors (eg industry support, extrapyramidal side effects) on efficacy of studies comparing second-generation ...

Antipsychotics are theorized to bring relief in some types of psychoses via dopamine blockade, specifically of the D2 receptor located in the nucleus accumbens, a deep part of the brain's limbic ...

Credit: Getty Images. Extrapyramidal symptoms that developed in patients with schizophrenia after initiation of treatment with atypical antipsychotic agents were associated with increased healthcare ...

Prior research found EPS to be dose related, 17 and patients with schizophrenia, who require higher doses of antipsychotics, 17 demonstrate greater susceptibility to EPS. 3,18 Because APAs are ...

Schizophrenia is generally a chronic and disabling mental illness. Pharmacological therapy, which is used for relief of acute psychotic episodes and prevention of subsequent relapse, is essential for ...

This case highlights vitamin E’s potential as an effective adjunct treatment for patients with antipsychotic-induced motor symptoms resistant to standard therapies. Vitamin E has shown significant ...

In every state across America, Medicaid programs are under serious budgetary pressure. The need to contain costs has led to various forms of restriction in the coverage for drug therapy, including ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer than 2% of patients who received long-acting injectable antipsychotics were readmitted vs. 8.3% of those ...