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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Antipsychotic treatment"”.
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A DNP project : implementation of a monitoring agreement for patients receiving antipsychotic treatment
… evaluated the implementation of a standardized antipsychotic monitoring and informed consent form within an outpatient psychiatric practice. The aim was to improve documentation of informed consent and adherence to guideline-based metabolic monitoring among psychiatric mental health nurse …
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Verlaufsuntersuchung zellulärer Immunparameter bei schizophrenen Patienten
… numerous immune parameters in the course of antipsychotic treatment. 40 patients diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia were tested before and during treatment with antipsychotics. The percentual distribution of lymphocyte subgroups (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD5, CD16/56, CD25, …
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Enhanced striatal glutamatergic function upon chronic antipsychotic action
… impaired executive function. Currently available antipsychotics mitigate some symptoms of schizophrenia, particularly the positive symptoms, but there is no preventive treatment nor cure after schizophrenia develops. Efforts to generate more effective antipsychotics are made particularly …
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EFFECTS OF REPEATED ARIPIPRAZOLE TREATMENT ON THE cAMP AND AKT PATHWAYS IN THE DORSAL STRIATUM OF PREADOLESCENT AND ADULT RATS
… D2<sup>High</sup> receptors). First-generation antipsychotics, such as haloperidol, are D2-like antagonists that can cause severe extrapyramidal effects. Aripiprazole, a dopamine and serotonin partial agonist, has fewer side effects, making it tolerable for adults and children. Extrapyramidal …
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Investigating the Immunological Effect of Schizophrenia-Related Antigens and Anti-psychotic Medication.
… the initial findings were thus replicated in antipsychotic-naïve patients with first-episode schizophrenia from a Chinese population. The drug-naïve patients showed different results; notably, the significant decrease in plasma IgG levels against TSNARE1 was not observed, showing instead an …
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Variability in Pricing of Generic Antipsychotic Medications Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia at Community Pharmacies in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… No studies have examined variability in costs of antipsychotic medications or if these costs vary across types of pharmacies. Specifically, comparative drug pricing for generic formulations of five commonly used second-generation antipsychotic medications (risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, …
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METABOLIC ADVERSE EFFECTS INDUCED BY SECOND GENERATION ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS: PHARMACOGENETIC PROFILING AND MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS OF GENETIC VARIANTS EFFECT IN VITRO MODELS
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are increasingly used in pediatric patients both in and offlabel. The rise in SGA prescription rates may be due to the perception of improved safety compared with first-generation antipsychotics. However, SGA use is often associated with rapid weight gain and …
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Low-Input Multi-Omic Studies of Brain Neuroscience Involved in Mental Diseases
Psychiatric disorders are believed to result from the combination of genetic predisposition and many environmental triggers. While the large number of disease-associated genetic variations have been recognized by previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS), the role of epigenetic mechanisms …
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The management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain
… to the burden of CVD among SMI cohorts. Whilst antipsychotic medications are essential treatments in psychiatry, the prescription of any antipsychotic substantially increases the risk of developing obesity. Thus, effective management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG) is paramount in …