Profile of paliperidone palmitate once-monthly long-acting injectable in the management of schizophrenia: Long-term safety, efficacy, and patient acceptability – A review

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 695-706

  González Rodríguez, Alexandre ^a   Catalán, Rosa ^a,b,c   Penadés, Rafael ^a,b,c   Garcia Rizo, Clemente ^a,b,c   Bioque, Miquel ^a,c   Parellada, Eduard ^a,b,c   Bernardo, Miquel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Long acting antipsychotics; Once monthly paliperidone palmitate; Psychosis; Relapses; Safety; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PALIPERIDONE; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AKATHISIA; AMENORRHEA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INSOMNIA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

EID: 84934995975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S63948     Document Type: Review

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