Psychiatr. praxi. 2016;17(2):65-68 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.017

Aripiprazole in the treatment of schizophrenia – its use in clinical practice

MUDr. Sylva Racková, Ph.D.
Psychiatrická ambulance, Plzeň
Psychiatrická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha

There are available many types of antipsychotics in recent days. Aripiprazole is a partial agonist of D2 and 5-HT1A and antagonist of 5-HT2A receptors. It belongs among antipsychotics with low occurrence of averse events, especially metabolic like increase body weight, prolactine level. We demonstrate on 3 case reports of schizophenic patients when is possible to use aripiprazole in their treatment.

Keywords: aripiprazole, schizophrenia, efficacy, tollerability, augmentation, atypic antipsychotics

Published: June 10, 2016  Show citation

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