No mourning for the conventional antipsychotics: the dawn of the atypical agents

Ann Pharmacother. 1999 Jan;33(1):107-8. doi: 10.1345/aph.18323.

Abstract

As Markowitz et al. explain, the atypical antipsychotics should become the first-line agents for the treatment of schizophrenia. There is much to be learned about these drugs, but their displacement of the conventional antipsychotics will be a continuous process. The loss of the older drugs will not be mourned.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / economics
  • Antipsychotic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents