Commentary on strategies for switching antipsychotics

BMC Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Davis, John M ^a   Leucht, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOTE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 47749130877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-18     Document Type: Article

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