BJP Try Advances in Psychiatric Treatment Online
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Psychiatric Bulletin Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

The British Journal of Psychiatry (1975) 126: 457-461. doi: 10.1192/bjp.126.5.457
© 1975 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an eLetter
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by JOHNSON, D. A. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by JOHNSON, D. A. W.

Observations on the Dose Regime of Fluphenazine Decanoate in Maintenance Therapy of Schizophrenia

D. A. W. JOHNSON M.Sc., M.R.C.Psych.1

1 Consultant Psychiatrist and Lecturer in Psychiatry, Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester 8, and University of Manchester

An analysis of the drug regimes prescribed to two separate groups of unselected schizophrenic. patients indicates certain trends of clinical importance. The results demonstrate a need for the adoption of a personalized dose regime. The scatter of dose regimes found effective is too great to recommend a standardized approach to the prescription of L.A.P. injections.

Two other results of particular significance are that the dose of drug required to control symptoms can be gradually reduced in nearly half of patients, and that helpful trends in prescribing were identified that will help the clinician to abolish side-effects.

Submitted on July 15, 1974




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Psychiatr. Serv.Home page
R. R. Conley, D. L. Kelly, T. J. Lambert, and R. C. Love
Comparison of Clozapine Use in Maryland and in Victoria, Australia
Psychiatr Serv, March 1, 2005; 56(3): 320 - 323.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Psychiatric Bulletin Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals
Copyright © 1975 The Royal College of Psychiatrists.