A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHLORPROMAZINE AND TRIFLUPROMAZINE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHRONIC HOSPITALIZED PSYCHOTIC PATIENT
- 1 July 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 127 (1) , 17-20
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-195807000-00003
Abstract
The behavior of 32 chronic hospitalized female psychotic patients, who had been on maintenance dosages of chlorpromazine for several months, was observed and objectively rated on the MSRPP (Multidimensional scale for rating psychiatric patients) during 3 successive treatment phases: chlorpromazine, placebo, and triflupromazine. Results indicated that at approximately 1/2 the dosage level, triflupromazine not only served as an equally effective maintenance function as chlorpromazine, but also produced a certain amount of symptom alleviation over and above that achieved by the original chlorpromazine and subsequent placebo medications.Keywords
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