Typical and Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Utilization in a Psychiatric Clinic in Palestine
Pattern of atypical and typical antipsychotic medications among one hundred and twenty four patients receiving these medications was investigated and analyzed. Males constitute approximately 61% of the sample. More than half of the patients in the sample were less than 50 years old. Most the patient...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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An-Najah National University
2004-03-01
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| Series: | مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية |
| Online Access: | https://journals.najah.edu/media/journals/full_texts/typical-and-atypical-antipsychotic-drug-utilization-psychiatric-clinic--palestine.pdf |
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| Summary: | Pattern of atypical and typical antipsychotic medications among one hundred and twenty four patients receiving these medications was investigated and analyzed. Males constitute approximately 61% of the sample. More than half of the patients in the sample were less than 50 years old. Most the patients prescribed antipsychotic medications were having schizophrenia (61%). Analysis of the prescribed antipsychotics for the patients showed that approximately 99% of the patients were receiving conventional typical antipsychotic medications either as single (70.2%) or combination (17.7%) or in depot form (10.4%). Less than 2% of the patients were receiving atypical antipsychotic medications. Among those prescribed conventional typical antipsychotic drugs, only (56%) were co-prescribed anticholinergic drugs. The underutilization of atypical antipsychotics and the underutilization of anticholinergic to be co-prescribed with conventional antipsychotics require further evaluation and investigation at the national Palestinian level. |
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| ISSN: | 1727-2114 2311-8865 |