The Effect of Chlorpromazine on the Swallowing Function in Chronic Schizophrenic Patients

ALLEN E. HUSSAR and DAVID G. BRAGGAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.4.570

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In a cineradiographic study of swallowing in four groups of subjects, it was found that chlorpromazine had no effect on the swallowing mechanism in schizophrenics. Half of the schizophrenic patients showed cineradiographic abnormalities in swallowing. These results contribute to an understanding of sudden deaths due to asphyxiation by food frequently ascribed to tranquilizing medication in schizophrenic patients.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 4 • October 1969

Pages: 570 - 573

PubMed: 5806804

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Published in print: October 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ALLEN E. HUSSAR

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DAVID G. BRAGG

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Chief, medical service, and associate chief of staff for research, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Administration Hospital, Montrose, N. Y. 10548

Assistant professor of radiology, Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, and chief of diagnostic roentgenology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N. Y.

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The Effect of Chlorpromazine on the Swallowing Function in Chronic Schizophrenic Patients

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