Effect of Therapy with Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs on Prolactin Concentration in Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders

摘要

Plasma prolactin concentration was measured in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders receiving therapy with risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine and compared with the corresponding parameter in patient receiving typical neuroleptic drug haloperidol. We evaluated the specific effects of the test drugs on prolactin concentration in men and women.