The use of injectable long-acting antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia (review of literature data)

Abstract

This article represents the summary of literature data devoted to administration and usage of injectable antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action during schizophrenic patients’ treatment. Method of maintained therapy with antipsychotic drugs is an important way to prevent schizophrenia relapses. Administration of the injectable antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action favours the compliance enhancement, leads to the significant decrease of sickliness, mortality rate, improvement of life quality, decay of the direct and indirect treatment costs. This summary shows the main reasons of the patients’ transfer to therapy with the antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action. The data below allows to predetermine not only about the therapeutic effectiveness of the antipsychotic drugs, but also about their pharmacoeconomic benefit. There is also particular data on comparison of the effectiveness and safety of usage of the antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action of both of the old and new generations. However, the review includes the perceptions of the patients to therapy injectable antipsychotic drugs. The literature analysis shown allows to determine a patients’ group for which administration of the injectable antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action is number one priority. Design and development of the injectable antipsychotic drugs with prolonged action of the 2nd generation can become a guarantee of the successful therapy of schizophrenic patients.