Comparison of Adverse Effects of Newer Atypical Antipsychotics: An Evidence Based Review
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- 1Department of Pharmacology, Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, INDIA.
- 2Medical Affairs Division, Wockhardt Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.
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Kharadi Dhruvika Gaurang
Department of Pharmacology, Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, INDIA.
Received: 06-07-2016; Revised: 01-10-2016; Accepted: 02-01-2017.
Volume 9, Issue 2 · pp. 140-144 · 2017 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2017.9.29
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Aim: To Compare the safety of asenapine and iloperidone as per informa tion available in public domain.Method: In addition to their USFDA ap proved prescribing information, literature on these two drugs from Pubmed indexed journals in English language were searched for appropriate information. We found 8 relevant articles on asenapine and iloperidone, results of which are discussed in this review. Data on the adverse effects commonly reported for atypical antipsychotics were collected from these articles and compared. Descriptive statistics was used to present the re sults.Results: Iloperidone is more frequently found to be associated with QTc prolongation (dose dependent), orthostatic hypotension & related dizziness (despite slow up-titration), weight gain and antimuscarinic side effects. On other side, asenapine is more frequently associated with extra pyramidal side effects and akathisia as well as the only one associated with headache, oral hypoesthesia and adverse event related discontinuations.Conclusion: Although, asenapine appears to be less frequently associated with adverse events commonly associated with atypical antipsychotics, complex sublingual dosing and higher discontinuation related to adverse events offsets this safety advantage. More importantly, both these agents require close counselling of patients for adequate compliance and/ or com bination with other antipsychotic to achieve optimum antipsychotic efficacy in Indian context.
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Gaurang, K. D., Rajendra, S. A., & Barna, G. (2017). Comparison of Adverse Effects of Newer Atypical Antipsychotics: An Evidence Based Review. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 9(2), 140-144. https://doi.org/10.5530/jyp.2017.9.29
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