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Antipsychotic nonadherence increases with number of prescribed drugs
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30629
Subject(s) - medicine , antipsychotic , antipsychotic drug , drug , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Risk of nonadherence to antipsychotic medication increases when multiple antipsychotics are prescribed, suggests a study based on an examination of therapeutic drug monitoring data for patients in Norway. The highest rates of nonadherence were seen in the study group that received four or more antipsychotics.