First Generation Antipsychotic Drugs Effective as Newer Ones Medical Video by Mental Health

First Generation Antipsychotic Drugs Effective as Newer Ones

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Courtesy of Newswise MedNews. Nearly every child who receives an antipsychotic medicine is first prescribed a second-generation, or atypical drug. However, there has never been evidence that these drugs are more effective than the older, first-generation medications. A study from the UNC School of Medicine has found that the first-generation drugs are as effective and, compared to one atypical drug, safer. Study participant Brandon Constantineau, his mother Darlene Wilson and Dr. Lin Sikich discuss schizophrenia and the study that showed older drugs are sometimes safer than, and work as well as, newer ones. http://newswise.com/articles/view/544259/