Новость про клозапин
#1Сообщают, что анализ статистики показал, по сравнению с другими антипсихотиками.. пониженную смертность. O_o
Интересно, учли ли они то, что на клозапине (он же азалептин, лепонекс - Википедия) западные психиатры более тщательно контролируют показатели, а это может как-нибудь сказываться, то, что другие лекарства прописываются не только при психозе, или еще какие спутывающие факторы.
Study may prompt rethink on schizophrenia drugs
its use has been restricted by health authorities because of safety concerns and patients taking it require regular blood tests.
Despite this, an analysis of 10 years’ records for 67,000 patients in Finland found that, compared to treatment with the first-generation drug perphenazine, the risk of early death for patients on clozapine was reduced by 26 percent.
By contrast, mortality risk was 41 percent higher for those on Seroquel, known chemically as quetiapine; 34 percent higher with Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) Risperdal, or resperidone; and 13 percent higher with Eli Lilly’s (LLY.N) Zyprexa, or olanzapine.
“We know that clozapine has the highest efficacy of all the antipsychotics and it is now clear, after all, that it is not that risky or dangerous a treatment,” study leader Jari Tiihonen of the University of Kuopio said in a telephone interview.
“We should consider whether clozapine should be used as a first-line treatment option.”
В PubMed и Google Scholar пока не нашёл этой статьи.
А вот критический взгляд:
Finnish Researcher Claims Clozaril Safer Than Other Antipsychotics - Furious Seasons blog
In the Reuters article, the researcher claims that due to restrictions on Clozaril’s use in the UK and Europe (there are no official restrictions on it in the US, although its use is very limited here) many thousands of people diagnosed with schizophrenia died who would otherwise be alive if they had taken Clozaril. That’s a pretty fishy argument. While I don’t question what the Finnish data showed the Finnish researchers, that data doesn’t line up with experiences in America…