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Chlorpromazine Metabolism in Chronic Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Sved ,
A. Perales  and
D. Palaic
S. Sved
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherches Psychiatriques de Joliette, 1000, boul Ste-Anne, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
A. Perales
Affiliation:
Los Cedros 202, Res. San Felipe, Lima 11, Peru
D. Palaic
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherches Psychiatriques de Joliette, 1000, boul. Ste-Anne, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
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At present the phenothiazine drugs constitute the medication of choice in the treatment of schizophrenia. While in most schizophrenics treatment with phenothiazines does ameliorate the symptoms of the disease there are a certain number of patients who remain resistant to therapy. In such patients the side effects caused by phenothiazines may also be less pronounced or completely absent.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 553 , December 1971 , pp. 589 - 596
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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