Plasma fluphenazine levels by radioimmunoassay in schizophrenic patients treated with depot injections of fluphenazine decanoate.
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Background: Maintenance treatment of schizophrenia reduces relapse rates of this disease. This treatment is carried out for long periods of time and occasionally for lifelong. Dose reduction strategies are designed to maintain the benefits of antipsychotic drug therapy, while reducing the side effects. The authors tested a new dose reduction approach by increasing the interval between administr...
متن کاملComparative effectiveness of fluphenazine decanoate injections every 2 weeks versus every 6 weeks.
OBJECTIVE Dose reduction strategies for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia are designed to maintain the benefits of antipsychotic drug therapy while reducing risks. Previous strategies with decanoate preparations have been based on the use of lower doses per injection to achieve dose reduction; these strategies have achieved dose reduction but have resulted in some increase in symptoms....
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0306-5251
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1979.tb01045.x