Abstract Background Sedative medications including neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, opioids, ‘z’ drugs and trazadone are commonly prescribed for older adults. Nursing home residents three times more likely to be benzodiazepines. associated with significant risks falls delirium in Neuroleptics also increase risk of cerebrovascular disease functional decline. Regular medication review education hav...

A study was conducted on 66 psychiatric inpatients who took major tranquilizers for periods of four to 16 years. The frequency of signs of Parkinsonism and the effects of orphenadrine on these were studied in a double-blind crossover method. Sixty-one per cent of the patients showed signs of Parkinsonism. Female patients and those with organic brain pathology more frequently exhibited Parkinson...

The history of the neuroleptic drugs has been marked by various milestones: some have been successes, others have been associated with complications and side effects, especially when the drugs have been misused. At the Paris meeting in 1955, it was confirmed that neuroleptics were indicated in chronic psychoses. In 1963, a new form of long-acting neuroleptic was introduced which appeared useful...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of classic and atypical neuroleptics on the activity of rat CYP2B measured as a rate of 16 beta-hydroxylation of testosterone. The reaction was studied in control liver microsomes in the presence of neuroleptics, as well as in microsomes of rats treated intraperitoneally for one day or two weeks (twice a day) with pharmacological dos...

AIMS We wanted to pinpoint any differences in treatment between participating nursing homes, investigate which drugs are currently prescribed most frequently for long-term patients in nursing homes, estimate prevalence of administration for the following drug groups: neuroleptics, antidepressants, antidementia agents, opioids and the neuroleptics/anti-Parkinson's drug combination, and study com...

20 depressive patients (Major type) and 13 schizophrenic patients were studied a s regards the quantitative rise of serum prolactin ifollowing electro-convulsive therapy. 4 of the schizophrenic group were given neuroleptics before E.C.T. Serum prolactin increased 9.6 times its basal level in depressive patients, 6.9 times in schizophrenia without medication, after E.C.T. In schizophrenics who r...

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a potentially life-threatening idiosyncratic reaction generally associated with neuroleptics. NMS is characterized by hyperthermia, extrapyramidal symptoms, elevated creatinine kinase (CK), altered mental state, leukocytosis, and problems with vegetative functions. Due to its lower affinity for dopaminergic receptors and higher affinity for serotonin rece...

This article reviews the published literature evaluating the efficacy of risperidone. The literature includes three multicenter, double-blind studies that compared risperidone, haloperidol, and placebo, as well as three comparisons of risperidone with a standard neuroleptic. Efficacy of risperidone is reported, but most studies involved chronically hospitalized patients who were relatively refr...

We examined the effect of neuroleptics on Ca-activated K channels from dog airway smooth muscle cells. Because these agents inhibit a variety of other Ca-mediated processes, it seemed possible that they might also inhibit Ca-activated K channels. In excised, inside-out patches, several neuroleptics potently and reversibly inhibited the K channel from the internal but not the external surface of...