Antioxidant and metabolic adjunctive treatment in late onset psychosis

Autor: T. Prokhorova, I. Boksha, O. Savushkina, E. Tereshkina, E. Vorobyeva, G. Burbaeva
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: European Psychiatry, Vol 67, Pp S277-S277 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.579
Popis: Introduction Basing on our previous findings of significant additional gain obtained from usage of adjunctive antioxidant medicine added to antipsychotic+antidepressant therapy in late-onset schizophrenia-like psychoses (LOP), the group often suffering of comorbid pathologies and experiencing substantial side-effects of drugs, we spred our approach to try “metabolic” medicines as adjunctives in LOP. Objectives To reveal biochemical parameters of the blood cells which might be used for distinguishing subgroups of patients suffering with LOP for whom various adjunctive therapy (antioxidant, metabolic) would be advantageous. Methods The study included 59 patients 50-89 years old, with LOP (onset after 40 years), and 38 healthy peoples 51 – 84 years old. The activities of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione S-transferase (GST) were determined spectrophotometrically in erythrocytes and platelets. Scores by PANSS were evaluated twice: before and on the 28-th day of antipsychotic treatment. Results Samples from control group were used for determination of the control ranges for levels of studied enzymatic activities. Enzymatic activity levels were analyzed in three groups of patients: group Gr1 (n=16) treated without adjunctive therapy, and two other groups (Gr2 and Gr3) treated with adjunctive medicines: antioxidant 2-ethyl-6-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine succinate (Gr2, n=20), or “metabolic” medicines citicoline/cerebrolysin/cortexin/actovegin/gliatilin (Gr3, n=23). As compared with controls, activity of erythrocyte GR was decreased at baseline and after the treatment course in all patients’ groups (p
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