Outpatient Prescriptions for Atypical Antipsychotics for African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites in the United States

Abstract

Early gaps between ethnic groups in receipt of atypical antipsychotic prescriptions decreased throughout the 1990s but persisted for African Americans with psychotic disorders.

Antipsychotic Prescribing Pathways, Polypharmacy, and Clozapine Use in Treatment of Schizophrenia

“…Consistent with other studies, receipt of antipsychotic polypharmacy was more common with women and Caucasian patients (29,34). Our finding that patients receiving antipsychotic polypharmacy were more likely to have hyperlipidemia is contrary to at least one previous study (35).…”

Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: exploring the roads less traveled

“…In the past 30 years, outpatient prescriptions for atypical antipsychotic medications have increased from essentially zero to be nearly 70% of the prescriptions to this large patient population. 65,66 Oral antidiabetic prescriptions increased more than twofold from 1990 to 2001. 67 Similar increases were also observed for use of anticonvulsants 68 and antihypertensives.…”

Assessment of physical activity in middle-aged and older adults with schizophrenia

“…Overweight and obesity were more prevalent in a community-based sample of persons with SPMI than in the general population (26% versus 18%) after accounting for age, race, and tobacco smoking behavior (Daumit et al, 2003). Moreover, antipsychotic medications have been shown to be associated with higher incidence of medical illnesses for which improvements in regular PA have demonstrated positive effects (Haupt and Kane, 2007).…”