EFFECTIVE CLINICAL-RESPONSE AT LOW PLASMA-LEVELS OF HALOPERIDOL IN JAPANESE SCHIZOPHRENICS WITH ACUTE PSYCHOTIC STATE

Authors
JIBIKI I KUBOTA T FUJIMOTO K SAKAMOTO H HASEGAWA M FURUTA H YAMAGUCHI N
Citation
I. Jibiki et al., EFFECTIVE CLINICAL-RESPONSE AT LOW PLASMA-LEVELS OF HALOPERIDOL IN JAPANESE SCHIZOPHRENICS WITH ACUTE PSYCHOTIC STATE, Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology, 47(3), 1993, pp. 627-629
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09122036
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
627 - 629
Database
ISI
SICI code
0912-2036(1993)47:3<627:ECALPO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report that a group of Japanese schizophrenics with an acute psycho tic state exhibit an effective clinical response at low haloperidol (H PD) plasma levels of 0.8 to 2.3 ng/ml as compared with the known effec tive therapeutic levels in Western schizophrenics.