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Audit of anticholinergic treatment in a psychiatric patient population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Justin H. G. Williams
Justin H. G. Williams*
Affiliation:
Specialist Registrar, Department of Psychiatry, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Dundee DD1 9SY
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Abstract

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Aims and method

An audit was performed to look at how carefully anticholinergic medication was prescribed and monitored in a population of psychiatric patients on depot medication.

Results

The mean duration of prescription was 47 months and 44% of patients' prescriptions went unaltered for over three years. Evidence was lacking for rational initial anticholinergic prescription.

Clinical implications

Anticholinergic treatment needs to be prescribed more rationally with regular monitoring of extra-pyramidal symptoms.

Type
Original papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 22 - 24
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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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