Antipsychotic use in a resource-limited setting: Findings in an Eastern Cape psychiatric hospital

Conclusion: SGAs, with the exception of clozapine, have not been proven to be superior to FGAs. Although FGAs are more prone to cause EPSE, SGAs carry significant risks of their own. FGAs are also more freely available and cost effective in South-Africa. Despite these facts the prescribing of and switching to SGAs remain prevalent in our setting with a switch rate of 34% and more than half of our patients being discharged on SGAs.
Source: South African Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research