olanzapine versus haloperidol: which can control stuttering better?

Stuttering treated with olanzapine: a case report.

INTRODUCTION Spasmophemia, also called stuttering or stammering, is a speech disorder characterized by impairment of the rhythm of words whose classical symptoms are blocks and repetitions. METHODOLOGY We describe the case of a male patient, his evolution and therapeutic strategies and review the current literature on the subject. RESULTS A 33-year-old patient was referred to our Mental Hea...

Olanzapine induced stuttering: a case report.

Drug-induced stuttering has been described in association with several drugs, in particular antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizers. Stuttering, also called spasmophemia or stammering, is a speech disorder characterized by disruptions in speech motor behaviour (repeated or prolonged articulatory and phonatory actions) that result in sound and syllable repetitions, audible and inaud...

Regularization Versus Dimension Reduction, Which Is Better?

There exist two main solutions for the classification of highdimensional data with small number settings. One is to classify them directly in high-dimensional space with regularization methods, and the other is to reduce data dimension first, then classify them in feature space. However, which is better on earth? In this paper, the comparative studies for regularization and dimension reduction ...

Which dose of haloperidol?

Although haloperidol (HAL)has been available as an antipsychotic for over 30 years, controversy still surrounds the appropriate dose in the treatment of psychosis and in particular, schizo phrenia. In practice, high dose HAL (greater than 20 mg/day) continues to be prescribed, despite good reason for not doing so: the incidence of extrapyramidal side-effects (EPSE) is known to be dose-related; ...

Oral olanzapine versus oral haloperidol in the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses.

BACKGROUND Three studies compared olanzapine and haloperidol given orally in maintenance therapy for schizophrenia and related psychoses. METHOD Data were from double-blind extensions of acute studies. The subjects met criteria for schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder or schizoaffective disorder. Subjects had responded to acute therapy (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale total score decreased...

Cost-effectiveness of sertindole versus olanzapine or haloperidol: a comprehensive model