Psychiatric News (8/2) reports, “Switching stable” patients with schizophrenia “to a different antipsychotic as a maintenance strategy (for example, to reduce side effects) does not increase the risk of relapse,” investigators concluded in a 98-study systematic review and network meta-analysis, the findings of which were published in the August issue of The Lancet Psychiatry.
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— “Switching Antipsychotics During Maintenance Treatment May Not Increase Relapse Risk, Psychiatric News , August 2, 2022