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To assess the incidence and prescribing patterns of antipsychotic polypharmacy among patients with schizophrenia discharged from a tertiary care psychiatric facility.

May 1, 2001The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Antipsychotic Polypharmacy: A Survey of Discharge Prescriptions from a Tertiary Care Psychiatric Institution

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RPRic M. ProcyshynUniversity of British Columbia NKNathan B. KennedyUniversity of British Columbia GTGordon TseFraser Health

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Retrospective survey finds high rates of antipsychotic polypharmacy in discharged psychiatric patients, indicating widespread reliance on non-evidence-based regimens.

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To assess the incidence and prescribing patterns of antipsychotic polypharmacy among patients with schizophrenia discharged from a tertiary care psychiatric facility.
Retrospective survey analyzing pharmacy database records for nongeriatric patients discharged with schizophrenia between November 1, 1996, and October 31, 1998.
Identified 492 eligible patients, of whom 229 met inclusion criteria for the survey cohort.
Antipsychotic polypharmacy occurred in 27.5% of discharged patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Patients prescribed multiple antipsychotics had significantly greater concurrent use of anticholinergic agents compared to those receiving monotherapy.
Among atypical antipsychotics, only risperidone showed a statistically significant dosage reduction when coprescribed with another antipsychotic agent.

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Procyshyn et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17da363aabde875b130452 https://doi.org/10.1177/070674370104600404

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Retrospective survey finds high rates of antipsychotic polypharmacy in discharged psychiatric patients, indicating widespread reliance on non-evidence-based regimens.

Antipsychotic Polypharmacy: A Survey of Discharge Prescriptions from a Tertiary Care Psychiatric Institution

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