Adherence to treatment and number of relapses in patients treated with atypical antipsychotic prolonged release

Abstract

Introduction

The extended release injectable offers a good alternative for those patients with no or poor adherence to treatment. Numerous studies indicate that decrease the number of relapses in such individuals. Our aim is to check whether a group of our patients diagnosed with dual pathology coincide with these data.

Methods

We followed a group of 5 patients diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia or delusional disorder with drug consumption in the last year. We measured the number of relapses, understood as the number of visits to emergency and outpatient devices Mental Health Hospitals and hospitalizations six months before the start of treatment with aripiprazole injectable extended release and six months after.

Results

The preliminary results point to a significant reduction in the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations after starting sustained release injectable treatment.

Conclusions

Our preliminary results are consistent with the literature, we found also reduced consumption of toxic and better adherence to drug addiction devices. The new antipsychotics extended release is a good alternative for patients with dual diagnosis.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.