Why olanzapine beats risperidone, risperidone beats quetiapine, and quetiapine beats olanzapine: An exploratory analysis of head-to-head comparison studies of second-generation antipsychotics

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-194

  Heres, Stephan ^a   Davis, John ^b   Maino, Katja ^b   Jetzinger, Elisabeth ^b   Kissling, Werner ^b   Leucht, Stefan ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PROLACTIN; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE; ZIPRASIDONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644994132     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.2.185     Document Type: Review

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