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From: Time to discontinuation of atypical versus typical antipsychotics in the naturalistic treatment of schizophrenia

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Mean time to all-cause medication discontinuation for atypical and typical antipsychotics. Abbreviations: CLZ, clozapine; OLZ, olanzapine; RIS, risperidone; QUE, quetiapine; ZIP, ziprasidone; PER, perphenazine; HAL+AC, haloperidol with prophylactic anticholinergic agents; High, high-potency typical antipsychotics; Med, medium-potency typical antipsychotics; Low, low-potency typical antipsychotics. Error bars represent standard deviations. Significant differences (p < .05) between high-potency typicals and CLZ, OLZ, RIS, QUE; between medium-potency typicals and CLZ, OLZ, RIS; between low-potency typicals and CLZ, OLZ, RIS; between perphenazine and CLZ, OLZ, RIS; and between haloperidol with prophylactic anticholinergics and CLZ, OLZ, and RIS. Comparisons made with Cox Proportional Hazards regression model adjusted for patients and prior treatment characteristics.

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