Acute antipsychotic drug administration lowers body temperature in drug-free male schizophrenic patients

Roni Shiloh, Haggai Hermesh, Nehama Weizer, Pnina Dorfman-Etrog, Abraham Weizman*, Hanan Munitz

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Abstract

We examined, in a controlled design, potential alterations in body temperature of male schizophrenic patients following acute antipsychotic drug (APD) administration. Fourteen drug-free (study group) and seven schizophrenic patients maintained on APDs (comparison group) initiated or received higher dose of their APD, respectively, for 27 days. Initial body temperature was 0.36°C higher in the study group (P=0.01) and decreased within 24 h to values comparable to that of the comparison group (all within normal range). Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V./ECNP.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-445
Number of pages3
JournalEuropean Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Antipsychotic drugs
  • Body temperature
  • Schizophrenia

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