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Old versus new: weighing the evidence between the first- and second-generation antipsychotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

John M. Davis  and
Nancy Chen
John M. Davis*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry (M/C 912), University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Nancy Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry (M/C 912), University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, USA
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (J.M. Davis).
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Abstract

In our opinion the best guide to prescribing antipsychotics is the clinician’s experience with his patients and in particular the patient being treated. If treatment works, stick with it. We feel it is also important for the clinician to consider the evidence from well-controlled double-blind random-assignment studies because in “evidence-based medicine,” biases both known and unknown are controlled by blinding and randomization. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and discuss the evidence on efficacy. Choice of antipsychotic, in our opinion, is probably the most important decision that the clinician makes for the psychotic patient. This involves the choice of drug, its dose, balancing efficacy, side-effects and cost.

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AntipsychoticsMeta-analysisEfficacyDose
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European Psychiatry , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 7 - 14
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Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2005

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