A comparative study of quetiapine vs clozapine in the treatment of schizophrenia
【Abstract】 Objective To explore the curative effect and safety of quetiapine vs clozapine in the treatment of schizophrenia .Methods 68 schizophrenic patients were randomly divided into research group(took qutiapine,n=34) and control group( did clozapine, n=34) for 8 weeks. During treatment, 1 patient quitted and other 33 ones completed in the research group, 2 quitted and 32 completed in the control group. The therapeutic effectiveness and side effects were assessed with the Positive And Negative Symptom Scale(PANSS) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale(TESS) before treatment and at the ends of 2nd,4th and 8th week of treatment, respectively. Results Effectual and effective rates of the research group were 69.7% and 93.9% and those of the control group 68.8% and 93.8% respectively, which had no significant difference(P