Is amisulpride an 'atypical' atypical antipsychotic agent?

abstract：:A total of 101 patients entered a double-blind, parallel-group study in general practice, comparing the efficacy and tolerability of paroxetine and amitriptyline in elderly depressed patients. All patients received placebo for 1 week followed by active therapy for a total of 6 weeks. Medication was randomly allocated,...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hutchinson DR,Tong S,Moon CA,Vince M,Clarke A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a widespread and serious disorder inflicting an immeasurable toll on the lives of millions of people and affecting their families and colleagues. It is the cause of countless suicides especially in those whose illness has not been detected or given appropriate care. Until recently, effective pharmacother...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Casey DE

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with moderate to sever panic disorder were treated for 9 weeks with alprazolam or imipramine and were then, except for one patient who had committed suicide, re-examined after on average 3 years of treatment. At follow-up most patients (74%) did not suffer from panic attacks at all. In the beginnin...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lepola UM,Rimón RH,Riekkinen PJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to identify the prescribing patterns of lithium or of lithium+valproate in 75 bipolar I outpatients in a manic or a mixed phase within a naturalistic setting. The differences between the two treatments and the correlation between serum lithium levels and response were also examined. The results...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Muti M,Del Grande C,Musetti L,Marazziti D,Pergentini I,Corsi M,Turri M,Umberto Corsini G,Dell'Osso L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic concentrations of antipsychotic drugs in the patient's plasma water or spinal fluid are identical to their blocking potencies in vitro at the dopamine D2 receptor, with the exception of clozapine which acts at D4. The variation in K values between laboratories stems from the fact that the apparent K va...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Seeman P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen cases of depression resistant to multiple treatments were treated by lithium augmentation of fluoxetine. Tolerability of the treatment was poor. Lithium and fluoxetine may be a possible treatment for resistant depression but there is caution regarding tolerability and toxicity with the relatively high doses o...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hawley CJ,Roberts AG,Baldwin DS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6-month prevalence of depression in the Italian community was evaluated by means of the modified-Mini-International-Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) administered with a computer-prompted interview to a representative panel of 3550 individuals. Major depression and minor depression accounted for 8.0% and 2.9% of t...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Dubini A,Mannheimer R,Pancheri P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vilazodone is a potent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and serotonin 1A receptor partial agonist approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults. To assess the efficacy of vilazodone across a range of symptoms and severities of depression, data from two phase III, 8-week, randomized, double-bl...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Khan A,Sambunaris A,Edwards J,Ruth A,Robinson DS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has emerged as a common but frequently hidden psychiatric disorder which inflicts an intolerable burden on sufferers and demands effective management. For many years, however, OCD was considered treatment resistant and it is only in the past 15 years that effective therapy has becom...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Fineberg N

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of painful priapism of the clitoris lasting 3 days, with a strong temporal association with the administration of nefazodone hydrochloride. Priapism has been described as a rare side-effect of drugs with high alpha1-adrenergic blocking potential. However, the alpha1-adrenergic blocking potential of...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Brodie-Meijer CC,Diemont WL,Buijs PJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of adjunctive fluoxetine on negative schizophrenic symptoms was evaluated in 34 chronic schizophrenic in-patients on maintenance therapy with neuroleptics. They received randomly, on a double-blind basis, fluoxetine (20 mg/day) or placebo for 12 weeks. In the fluoxetine group, three patients dropped out bec...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Spina E,De Domenico P,Ruello C,Longobardo N,Gitto C,Ancione M,Di Rosa AE,Caputi AP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis characterizes patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder treated with risperidone who met remission criteria. In a 50-week, open-label trial, stable patients received long-acting injectable risperidone every 2 weeks. Remission criteria included severity (absent-mild ratings on core symptoms ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Docherty JP,Bossie CA,Lachaux B,Bouhours P,Zhu Y,Lasser R,Gharabawi GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of certain atypical antipsychotics has been associated with metabolic disturbances. We have assessed the evolution of body weight and glycaemia during a 6-month randomized comparative trial of amisulpride and olanzapine. Three hundred and seventy-seven adult patients with schizophrenia were randomized to eithe...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Peuskens J,De Hert M,Mortimer A,SOLIANOL Study Group.

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series describes the development of retrograde ejaculation with the antipsychotic iloperidone. Iloperidone is a relatively new antipsychotic and has a strong α-1 receptor antagonism, which may explain this rare adverse effect. ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Freeman SA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SSRIs differ from each other with regard to their chemical structure, their pharmacokinetics and their potential for causing pharmacokinetic interactions through inhibition of species of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a group of more than 30 different heme containing proteins in humans...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Brøsen K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an earlier study, we found a similar frequency of individuals with an abnormal correlation between serum leptin levels and body mass index (BMI) (outliers above or below the 95% confidence interval in the regression line) during treatment with antipsychotic drugs (n=301), other psychotropic drugs (n=65), and drug-f...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Marquina D,Peña R,Fernández E,Baptista T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prophylactic treatment with depot antipsychotic drugs was examined in 16 patients with bipolar affective disorder. The frequency and duration of illness episodes occurring during depot treatment was compared to that which occurred when these patients were treated with other agents over a corresponding ti...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： White E,Cheung P,Silverstone T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparse data exist regarding the risks and benefits of treating bipolar-II depression with antidepressants alone. On the basis of studies of bipolar-I patients, treatment guidelines suggest antidepressants should be augmented with mood stabilizers. Whether these recommendations apply to bipolar-II is unclear. A post-ho...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Agosti V,Stewart JW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most antidepressants in clinical use are believed to function by enhancing neurotransmission of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] and/or norepinephrine (NE) via inhibition of neurotransmitter reuptake. Agents that affect reuptake of both 5-HT and NE (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) have been postula...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Trivedi MH,Desaiah D,Ossanna MJ,Pritchett YL,Brannan SK,Detke MJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DIABCARE Q-Net project developed a complete and integrated information technology system to monitor diabetes care, according to the gold standards of the St Vincent Declaration Action Program. This is the first Telematic platform for standardized documentation on medical quality and evaluation across Europe, which...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Piwernetz K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment-resistant depression is an important clinical problem presenting a major challenge to clinical psychiatry. While several strategies have been attempted, including medication switch, antidepressant polypharmacy and various augmentative regimens, success remains limited. Amantadine (AMN), an agent traditionall...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Stryjer R,Strous RD,Shaked G,Bar F,Feldman B,Kotler M,Polak L,Rosenzcwaig S,Weizman A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the efficacy of new antipsychotics has been investigated through a number of randomized controlled trials. This paper considers some methodological flaws that affect these studies and proposes possible solutions. The final goal is the implementation of a new generation of trials with the aim of demonst...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Barbui C,Garattini S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social phobia and avoidant personality disorder were new diagnoses in the third version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) and were considerably changed in the revised third version (DSM-III-R). A high rate of comorbidity between these disorders was observed, which can be explained ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Dahl AA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of brain metabolic changes produced by olanzapine has yet to be described, despite the theoretical and clinical interest of this new antipsychotic. We studied a group of 17 schizophrenic patients who underwent two fluoro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) studies under two different condit...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Molina V,Gispert JD,Reig S,Pascau J,Martínez R,Sanz J,Palomo T,Desco M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen young male volunteers received single doses of moclobemide 200 mg, moclobemide 400 mg, amitriptyline 50 mg and placebo in a double-blind crossover study. Subjects then completed a test battery which is sensitive to the effects of psychoactive drugs at 1, 2, and 4 h post-dose. The test battery included tasks of...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Fairweather DB,Kerr JS,Hindmarch I

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The side effects of antipsychotic drugs have always been a major concern for clinicians and the appreciation of their importance in the treatment of schizophrenia has increased steadily over the years. Epidemiological studies as well as trials of the prevention and treatment of antipsychotic side effects are the conse...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Whitworth AB,Fleischhacker WW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premenstrual dysphoria (PMD) is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, afflicting approximately 5% of all women of fertile age. The cardinal symptoms are irritability and anger. In addition, sadness, tension and carbohydrate craving are common complaints. The symptoms surface regularly between ovulation and menstruat...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Eriksson E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sexuality has three main roots: biological, motivational-affective-relational, and cognitive. Unfortunately, in women, the biological dimension is usually disregarded. Hormones are necessary, but not sufficient, factors to maintain a satisfying human libido. In women, oestrogens prime the central nervous system,...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Graziottin A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertindole is a novel atypical antipsychotic, which has shown efficacy in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia in phase II and III studies. Furthermore, these studies have demonstrated tolerability and a favourable side-effect profile. In contrast to classical antipsychotics, sertindole was...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Pezawas L,Quiner S,Moertl D,Tauscher J,Barnas C,Küfferle B,Wolf R,Kasper S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that perospirone may have had positive effects on the obesity of three patients with schizophrenia and on the fasting blood sugar (FBS) and HbA1C of two of them who had type 2 diabetes mellitus. ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Nishida M,Nakamura M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00