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Cochrane Database Syst Rev
January 2025
Section of Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Background: Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia. Even though several novel second-generation antipsychotics (i.e.
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December 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Study Objective: We performed a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis to determine which pharmacologic therapies are relatively more effective and safer for migraine in adult patients who present to the emergency department (ED).
Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science from inception to February 9, 2024. Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials that enrolled adult participants presenting to ED with migraine and compared one pharmacologic therapy to another or placebo.
Radiat Oncol
November 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06973, Republic of Korea.
Background: Antipsychotic drugs (APDs) are used for treating mental illnesses and are also used by cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate APD use in adult cancer patients who received radiotherapy (RT) in South Korea and assess the effects of APD use during RT on survival.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized the National Health Insurance Service database database of Korea.
Am J Psychiatry
October 2024
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich (Leucht, Priller); German Center for Mental Health, Munich (Leucht, Priller); Neuropsychiatry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and German Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Berlin (Priller); University of Edinburgh and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh (Priller); Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago (Davis).
The introduction of the first antipsychotic drug, chlorpromazine, was a milestone for psychiatry. The authors review the history, classification, indications, mechanism, efficacy, side effects, dosing, drug initiation, switching, and other practical issues and questions related to antipsychotics. Classifications such as first-generation/typical versus second-generation/atypical antipsychotics are neither valid nor useful; these agents should be described according to the Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
September 2024
School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Background: In patients with schizophrenia, Diankuang Mengxing Decoction with antipsychotics is one of the treatments for it. However, little information is available regarding the difference between the therapeutic effect of Diankuang Mengxing Decoction with antipsychotics and other treatments. Systematic evaluation is conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of Diankuang Mengxing Decoction and other antipsychotics, which are used to treat schizophrenia.
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