Early experience of the use of olanzapine across three rehabilitation services

Autor:	Phillip Steadman, Carol Paton, Susan Cope, Humphrey Needham-Bennett, Paul Wolfson
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Olanzapine Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Medicine business Mental illness medicine.disease Psychiatry medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Psychiatric Bulletin. 23:480-483
ISSN:	1472-1473 0955-6036
DOI:	10.1192/pb.23.8.480
Popis:	Aims and methodTo monitor the effect of the introduction of olanzapine under naturalistic conditions to patients with severe and enduring mental Illness in three rehabilitation services.ResultsThirty patients were prescribed olanzapine during the first six months of its launch. Objective ratings were used. Six months later, one-third were no longer on treatment one-third were unchanged and one-third had made useful clinical gains.Clinical implicationsPatients who have suffered from neurological or prolactin-related side-effects may benefit from treatment with olanzapine. Attitudes to treatment and adherence may improve.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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