THE USE OF FLUPHENAZINE (PROLIXIN) IN REHABILITATION OF CHRONIC SCHZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

LEON REZNIKOFFAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.457

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1. Fifty chronic schizophrenic patients with an average duration of mental illness of over 12 years and refractory to any other treatment had been treated with fluphenazine for a period of 3 to 4 months.

2. Twenty-nine patients (58%) improved and 21 (42%) remained unimproved.

3. The dose of fluphenazine varied from 2.5 mg. to 20 mg. per day. When the dose of fluphenazine was raised over 10 mg. per day, 50% of patients developed extrapyramidal symptoms.

4. Fluphenazine is a valuable adjunct in the total program of rehabilitation of chronic schizophrenic patients.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117 • Number 5 • November 1960

Pages: 457 - 458

PubMed: 13741129

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Published in print: November 1960

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LEON REZNIKOFF

Clinical Director, Hudson County Hospital for Mental Diseases, Secaucus, N. J.

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THE USE OF FLUPHENAZINE (PROLIXIN) IN REHABILITATION OF CHRONIC SCHZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

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