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KMID : 0361519940050020156
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Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
1994 Volume.5 No. 2 p.156 ~ p.167
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A Double Blind Comparative Trial of Risperidone and Haloperidol in the Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients
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민성길
이충순/김철웅/강대엽
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Abstract
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A parallel group double-blind comparative trial was conducted to study the efficacy and safety of risperidone compared with haloperidol. After a one-week wash-out, 35 chronic schizophrenic patients (17 males, 18 females) were randomly assigned to
one of
two groups for eight weeks of double-blind treatment. The patients' psychopathology was assessed by means of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS) and the Clinical Global lmpression (CGl). Safety assessments included
the
Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS). the UKU Side Effect Rating Scale, vital signs, body weight, ECG and laboratory screening. Thirty-two patients completed the trial : there were 3 dropouts in the risperidone group. The results on the
PANSS
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CGl indicate that the mean changes from baseline on the total PANSS score and on the total BPRS score were comparable in both treatmetn groups. The number of patients where a clinical improvement at least 20% reduction in baseline score was also
similar
in both treatmetn groups. Risperidone caused less extrapyramidal symptoms and less side effects in UKU scale than haloperidol. No significant ECG changes were induce. no relevant changes in blood pressure or clinical laboratory parameters were
observed.
This study has demonstrated that the combined serotonin 5-HT2 and dopamine-D2 antagonist risperidone is an antipsychotic as potent as haloperidol. Risperiodne causes less extrapyramida. Symptoms, and is petter tolerated than haloperidol.
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