[Activity of a new neuroleptic, penfluridol (R-16341) in long-term treatments]. 1976

M Suárez Richards, and N Mario Zelaschi, and E Canero

The difficulties of regular drug intake in long term treatments for psychotic patients gave rise to the need of using medicines at the longest possible intervals, facilitating thus adequate control and regularity. Penfluridol is a neuroleptic meeting that requirement: it is necessary only one dose per week. This paper reviews the results of Penfluridol in 26 patients (20 inpatients and 6 outpatients), ages between 17 and 54 with a mean of 36.8, sex feminine, and the following diagnoses: schizophrenia, paranoid: 14, simple: 8, hebephrenic: 3, catatonic: 1. The patients, divided in two groups of 13 each, had one oral dose a week, of between 10 and 100 mg, during 90 days. The first group took only Penfluridol, suppressing any other medicaments. The other group added Penfluridol to the prescriptions already in use. The results, as described in tables I and II, were evaluated according to 36 items. The general evaluation was positive with no negative biases. The side effects were scarce and temporary: insomnia in 7 cases during the first week, and extra-pyramidal symptoms in another 7 cases, that were controlled with antiparkinsonians. The conclusion is that Penfluridol is a valuable contribution to longterm treatments in psychoses.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010395 Penfluridol One of the long-acting ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS used for maintenance or long-term therapy of SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS. R-16341,Semap,R 16341,R16341
D010880 Piperidines A family of hexahydropyridines.
D004341 Drug Evaluation Any process by which toxicity, metabolism, absorption, elimination, preferred route of administration, safe dosage range, etc., for a drug or group of drugs is determined through clinical assessment in humans or veterinary animals. Evaluation Studies, Drug,Drug Evaluation Studies,Drug Evaluation Study,Drug Evaluations,Evaluation Study, Drug,Evaluation, Drug,Evaluations, Drug,Studies, Drug Evaluation,Study, Drug Evaluation
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000284 Administration, Oral The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001523 Mental Disorders Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders

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