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Famotidine: a supplemental drug for the treatment of schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

PN Dannon ,
E Lepkifker ,
I Iancu ,
R Ziv ,
N Horesh  and
M Kotler
PN Dannon
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
E Lepkifker*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
I Iancu
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
R Ziv
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
N Horesh
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

In an open-label study, famotidine was added to the regular neuroleptic regimen of 11 schizophrenic patients for 4 weeks. Each patient was scored weekly with SAPS, SANS, CGI and HAM-D-17 scales. The results suggest that famotidine is indeed effective as an adjunctive drug to neuroleptics in the treatment of schizophrenia.

Keywords

famotidineH2-receptor antagonistsschizophrenianeuroleptics
Type
Rapid Communication
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , 1997 , pp. 263 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1997

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