2016
DOI: 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20162445
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Antipsychotic medication prescribing trends in a tertiary care hospital

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“…Our findings were consistent with results seen in a study by Paul et al where olanzapine 51.04% was most commonly prescribed followed by risperidone 17.14%. 10 Similar observations were also seen in studies by Siddiqui et al and Atal et al 11,12 Among the concomitant drugs used trihexyphenidyl was the most commonly prescribed drug. It is an anticholinergic, used to counteract EPS secondary to antipsychotic drugs.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
“…Our findings were consistent with results seen in a study by Paul et al where olanzapine 51.04% was most commonly prescribed followed by risperidone 17.14%. 10 Similar observations were also seen in studies by Siddiqui et al and Atal et al 11,12 Among the concomitant drugs used trihexyphenidyl was the most commonly prescribed drug. It is an anticholinergic, used to counteract EPS secondary to antipsychotic drugs.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
“…In this study the most common fixed dose combination used was typical antipsychotic (trifluoperazine) with an anticholinergic (trihexyphenidyl) 27.9% which is similar to study done by Thakkar et al and Siddqui et al 8,17 ( Table 4). Prescription of anti-cholinergics with both typical and atypical antipsychotics is very common to prevent extra-pyramidal side-effects (EPS).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…This findings had also been suggested by other studies done by Dutta et al 15 There is an increase use of atypical antipsychotic agents like olanzapine (66.6%), risperidone (39.5%), quetiapine (6.2%) similar to the studies done by Banerjee et al and Siddiqui et al (Table 4). 16,17 Because they have provided a better control of symptoms and reduced the chances of adverse effects especially the extrapyramidal ones in contrast with typical antipsychotic drugs and also proved to be better in improving negative symptoms, cognitive dysfunction and also efficacious in antipsychotic resistant cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These results of present study are in agreement with the findings of various other researchers like Siddiqui RA et al, found that olanzapine was the most commonly used antipsychotic drug in 51% of patients followed by risperidone in 23% and quetiapine in 13% of patients. 36 Other less commonly used drugs were Aripiprazole in 6%, Clozapine etc. Atal S et al, also reported similar findings, regarding the prescribing pattern of antipsychotics i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%