MEDICATION-ADHERENCE AND PERSISTENCE WITH FIRST- AND SECOND-GENERATION ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Chandigarh, India: Whether medication-adherence differs between patients on first-generation (FGAs) and second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) is unresolved despite considerable research. Medication-adherence and persistence was compared between patients with schizophrenia on SGAs and FGAs over six months. Patients on SGAs, particularly olanzapine were more likely to persist with their treatment that those on FGAs.

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