Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Dosing Schedule Doesn't Matter for Antipsychotic Drug Adherence

Frequency of dosing of antipsychotic agents does not appear to affect medication adherence in most patients with schizophrenia, reported investigators here.

Patients who are stable on an antipsychotic agent are just as likely to adhere to their regimen whether the drug is prescribed once or twice daily, according to Paul Pfeiffer, M.D., and colleagues of the VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research and the University of Michigan, both in Ann Arbor.

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