Posted by JohnL on February 9, 2000, at 3:20:00
In reply to schizophrenic refractory pts. treatment, posted by Danielson on February 8, 2000, at 8:23:59
> Has anyone experienced a schizophrenic patient so refractory to treatment that you want to throw your arms up in the air and give up?
> We have a schizophrenic pt,that has gone thu several ECT treatments , and is currently on Zyprexa 40mg and Clozapine treatment.
> Nothing seems to touch this patient.
> Any suggestions????More detailed description of the patient's symptoms and past medication reactions might be helpful. For example, is the patient predominantly experiencing negative symptoms? Positive symptoms? What other meds have been tried and what were the results (no effect? adverse effect? what kind of adverse effect? partial benefit?) Thanks.
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