Posted by yxibow on November 13, 2008, at 1:43:34
In reply to Re: Help with anti-psychotic name please, posted by Sigismund on November 13, 2008, at 1:09:36
> God forbid that you should be unable to communicate and be Rx'd this.
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> From Wikipedia.....
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> >Perphenazine also has sedating and anxiolytic properties making the drug particularly useful for the treatment of agitated psychotic patients and, in high doses (up to 100 mg per day), for patients with life-threatening (febrile) catatonia, a state in which the patient is extremely agitated, but is not able to express him-/herself. In this situation perphenazine may be used together with electroconvulsive therapy and correction of electrolytes/fluids in the body.
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> Ah, civilizationI would say a fair majority of people suffering from the schizophreniform spectrum of disorders are not catatonic.
A number have very negative and introverted feelings about themselves.
Unfortunately there are the very small percent that must be treated with some fairly strong medicine -- I don't know about the one mentioned, it could be outdated, to better stabilize them so the high agitation and possibly criminal (very very small percent) behaviour doesn't happen.
Because the number of violent non-misdemeanor crime criminal acts committed by schizophrenics are in the minutiae. It is a hollywood and misunderstanding view that creates this idea.
-- Jay
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