methods for treating schizophrenia or a symptom of schizophrenia, to prevent a schizophrenic relapse and to maintain the effect of iloperidone for schizophrenia.

摘要

aspects of the invention generally relate to treating schizophrenia in an individual and, more specifically, treating an individual with iloperidone, an iloperidone metabolite, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of preventing schizophrenic relapse in an individual diagnosed with schizophrenia, the method comprising: administering the subject iloperidone, an iloperidone metabolite, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a daily dose of from about 12 mg and about 16 mg after a period in which the subject's schizophrenia was metabolized.