Posted by med_empowered on October 27, 2005, at 14:31:53
In reply to Re: by the way..., posted by SLS on October 27, 2005, at 10:41:48
it seems that there has been some use of high dose atypicals...the CATIE study, the one that showed perphenazine pretty comparable to zyprexa, reflected this...apparently, a lot of the patients were being RX'd unusually high doses of atypicals (which may have skewed the results...but, the study does reflect the clinical reality). It just seems odd to me that a doc would aim for doses higher than those recommended or well studied, without giving the patient time to respond to lower doses. It'd be like giving someone Valium and aiming to get them up to 50 or 60mgs.
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