The Role of Total White Blood Cell Count in Antipsychotic Treatment for Patients with Schizophrenia

CONCLUSION: TWBCc is affected by certain antipsychotics among patients with schizophrenia, with decreases observed following short-term, but increases following long-term treatment. TWBCc is predictive of drug response, with lower TWBCc predicting better responses to antipsychotics. It also mediates the effects of certain metabolic measures on improvement of negative symptoms. This.PMID:36600620 | DOI:10.2174/1570159X21666230104090046

Source: Current Neuropharmacology - January 5, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Yamin Zhang Shiwan Tao Jeremy Coid Wei Wei Qiang Wang Weihua Yue Hao Yan Liwen Tan Qi Chen Guigang Yang Tianlan Lu Lifang Wang Fuquan Zhang Jianli Yang Keqing Li Luxian Lv Qingrong Tan Hongyan Zhang Xin Ma Fude Yang None Lingjiang Chuanyue Wang Liansheng Source Type: research