Atypical Antipsychotic Drug - Quetiapine Fumerate and its Analytical Techniques: A Review
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Psychosis is a mental illness of severe type in which the patient loses touch with reality. A person with this problem change in his way of thinking, believing or perceiving and behaving. Since nowadays youngsters are greatly affected by this disease, many Antipsychotic drugs are introduced and used for the treatment. The present review describes information regarding a atypical antipsychotic drug – Quetiapine fumerate approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and as an add-on to treat depression. The present review includes all available information like pharmacokinetics, pharmacological action and side effects. It also provides information regarding various analytical methods developed for this drug along with its validation parameters.
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