Research on antipsychotics in India

Antipsychotic as a class of medications became available for treatment of various psychiatric disorders in the early 1950’s. Over the last 60 years many antipsychotics have become available. In line with the west, Indian researchers have evaluated the efficacy of antipsychotics in various conditions...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Avasthi, Ajit, Aggarwal, Munish, Grover, Sandeep, Khan, Mohd Khalid Rasheed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21836703
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.69261
Descripción
Sumario:Antipsychotic as a class of medications became available for treatment of various psychiatric disorders in the early 1950’s. Over the last 60 years many antipsychotics have become available. In line with the west, Indian researchers have evaluated the efficacy of antipsychotics in various conditions. Additionally, researchers have also evaluated the important safety and tolerability issues. Here, we review data originating from India in the form of drug trials, effectiveness, usefulness, safety and tolerability of antipsychotics. Additionally, data with respect to other important treatment related issues is discussed.

Ejemplares similares