Early Efficacy of Antipsychotic Medications at Week 2 Predicts Subsequent Responses at Week 6 in a Large-scale Randomized Controlled Trial

CONCLUSIONS: It is robust enough to clinically predict treatment responses to antipsychotics at week 6 using the reduction rate of PANSS total score and symptom relief at week 2. Psychiatric clinicians had better determine whether to switch the treatment plan by the first 2 weeks.PMID:36411567 | DOI:10.2174/1570159X21666221118164612

Source: Current Neuropharmacology - November 22, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Yiguo Tang Yulu Wu Xiaojing Li QinJian Hao Wei Deng Weihua Yue Hao Yan Yamin Zhang Liwen Tan Qi Chen Guigang Yang Tianlan Lu Lifang Wang Fude Yang Fuquan Zhang Jianli Yang Keqing Li Luxian Lv Qingrong Tan Hongyan Zhang Xin Ma Lingjiang Li Chuanyue Wang Xi Source Type: research