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Polypharmacy and relapse of schizophrenia: are they related?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

R. Softic ,
S. Osmanovic  and
N. Becarevic
R. Softic*
Affiliation:
University Clinical Center Tuzla, Of Psychiatry, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
S. Osmanovic
Affiliation:
Health Center Brčko, Of Psychiatry, Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
N. Becarevic
Affiliation:
University Clinical Center Tuzla, Of Psychiatry, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Polypharmacy can be the cause of deliberate discontinuation of medication and consequent relapse of schizophrenia.

Objectives

To establish the one-year rate of relapse in the patients with schizophrenia with regard to monotherapy or polypharmacy.

Methods

The sample of all hospitalized patients with schizophrenia in a five-year period was analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used.

Results

Total of 87 participants (57 women), the median age was 43 years. Antipsychotic monotherapy was used in 31 (35.6%) of the participants. In one year period, 32 (36.8%) of all participants had a relapse. Prior to relapse, significantly more participants were treated with polypharmacy (p<0,05).

Conclusions

Antipsychotic polypharmacy is related to a higher rate of relapse in patients with schizophrenia.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

schizophréniaRelapsePolypharmacy
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S765
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