521) Efficacy and Safety of Olanzapine in the Treatment of Thai Schizophrenic Patients
Author: Thienchai Ngamthipwatthana
Year: 1999
Source: Siriraj Hospital Gazette, Vol. 51, No 5, May 1999. Page 337-345
Olanzapine is a thienobenzodiazepine derivative which displays efficacy in patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses. It has structural and pharmacological properties resembling those of atypical antipsychotic (clozapine) and an improved tolerability profile compared with the classical antipsychotic drugs. The purpose of this atudy was to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety of olanzapine in chronic schizophrenic patients. In an open label study, 10 patients with schizophrenia ...