147 results about "Antipsychotic Medications" patented technology

The present invention relates to the use of one or more cannabinoids in combination with one or more anti-psychotic medicaments for use in the prevention or treatment of psychosis and psychotic disorders. Preferably the one or more cannabinoids are taken from the group: cannabidiol (CBD); cannabidiolic acid (CBDA); tetrahydrocannbidivarin (THCV); tetrahydrocannbidivarinin acid (THCVA); cannabichromene (CBC); cannabichromenic acid (CBCA); cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). Preferably the anti-psychotic medication is an atypical anti-psychotic medication.

Combinations of 5-HT2A inverse agonists or antagonists such as pimavanserin with antipsychotics such as risperidone are shown to induce a rapid onset of antipsychotic action and increase the number of responders when compared to therapy with the antipsychotic alone. These effects can be achieved at a low dose of the antipsychotic, thereby reducing the incidence of side effects. The combinations are also effective at decreases the incidence of weight gain and increased glucose or prolactin levels caused by the antipsychotic.

The present invention relates to combination therapies and methods for treating, preventing and/or delaying the onset and/or development of schizophrenia, wherein the combination therapies comprise a hydrogenated pyrido[4,3-b]indole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such as dimebon, and an antipsychotic.

The use of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors for treatment of schizophrenia is described. Suitable PDE5 inhibitors for use for treatment of schizophrenia include sildenafil, vardenafil, tadalafil, E-8010, zaprinast, and E-4021. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for treating schizophrenia in a patient which comprises treating the patient with an effective amount of a PDE5 inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or composition thereof. The PDE5 inhibitor may be administered orally. The PDE5 inhibitor may also be administered together with one or more conventional antipsychotic medications such as risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, aripiprazole, clozapine, haloperidol, and fluphenazine.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an agent useful for prevention and/or treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia and cognitive impairments. To solve this problem, this invention provides epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors as therapeutic agents for psychosis, schizophrenia and cognitive impairments.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising benzyl alcohol and polyoxyethylene derivatives of sorbitan esters of carboxylic acids that are useful for the delivery of anti-psychotic drugs.

The invention relates to a sustained-release microsphere of antipsychotic drug risperidone and the preparation method thereof.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination of a glycine transporter inhibitor (GlyT1) and an atypical antipsychotic drug which may be used for the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

The invention discloses a method for synchronously detecting seventeen antipsychotics in a blood sample. The method comprises the steps that the sample is extracted with a mixed solution of methanol and acetonitrile to obtain supernate, and after a solvent is removed from the supernate, the supernate is dissolved in a methanol aqueous solution and filtered to obtain a specimen; a high performanceliquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method is adopted to detect the specimen; the sample is serum or plasma, and the antipsychotics are amisulpride, aripiprazole, dehydro aripiprazole, chlorpromazine, clozapine, desmethylclozapine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, olanzapine, paliperidone, perphenazine, quetiapine, risperidone, 9-hydroxyrisperidone, sulpiride, ziprasidone and thioridazine; inthe high performance liquid chromatography, a mobile phase A is an aqueous solution of formic acid, and a mobile phase B is a methanol solution of the formic acid; and the mass spectrometry adopts amulti-ion reaction monitoring mode of positive ion electrospray ionization.

The present invention provides a method for identifying an agent to be tested for an ability to treat a psychotic disorder in a patient in need of such treatment. The invention provides a method for screening candidate drugs for anti-psychotic drug activity, preferably atypical anti-psychotic activity, comprising contacting cells or tissues with a candidate drug, determining levels of phosphorylation of the intracellular signaling proteins, DARPP-32, ERK1, ERK2 and CREB, in said cells or tissues and determining the pattern of the levels of phosphorylation of the proteins. The pattern of the levels of phosphorylation of DARPP-32, ERK1, ERK2 and CREB is, in certain embodiments, compared with the pattern of the levels of phosphorylation of DARPP-32, ERK1, ERK2 and CREB in the presence of an atypical anti-psychotic drug.

A method of predicting the response of a subject to an antipsychotic agent is described. The method includes obtaining functional MRI (fMRI) scan data of the brain of the subject, modifying the scan data using a standardizing algorithm to provide modified scan data, calculating the value of a plurality of striatal connectivity dyads from the modified scan data using an extraction algorithm, calculating a combined score from the values of the striatal connectivity dyads using a combining algorithm; and comparing the combined score to a classifier value to determine if the subject is a responder or a non-responder. Systems for carrying out the method of predicting the response of a subject to an antipsychotic agent are also described.

The invention discloses a chemical synthesis method of psychotolytic medicine, especially a preparation method of aripiprazole and its intermediate. Intermediate (4) can be prepared by six different processes in the invention, and the targeted compound aripiprazole is produced from the intermediate (4) by ring-closing reaction. Compared to available method, the invention has short reaction time and high reaction efficiency.

A pharmaceutical composition that contains an atypical antipsychotic drug and succinic acid, fumaric acid or a mixture of succinic acid and fumaric acid.

An intranasal drug product is provided including an antipsychotic drug, such as haloperidol, in sprayable solution in an intranasal metered dose sprayer. Also provided is a method of administering an antipsychotic drug, such as haloperidol, to a patient, including the step of delivering an effective amount of the antipsychotic drug to a patient intranasally using an intranasal metered dose sprayer. A method of treating a psychotic episode also is provided, the method including the step of delivering an antipsychotic drug, such as haloperidol, intranasally in an amount effective to control the psychotic episode.

The invention discloses a medicament for treating amphetamine type stimulant dependency and mixed dependency of amphetamine type stimulants and opiates substances. The medicament is prepared from the following components by weight percent: 2-95% of antipsychotics, 0.001-5% of alpha2 adrenergic agonists, 0-5% of anticholinergic agent, 0-80% of nonopioid analgesic, and 0-10% of benzodiazepine. The pharmaceutical composition disclosed by the invention achieves an ideal effect when the symptoms of a sufferer abusing stimulants such as benzedrine, or abusing the opiates substances in a merging manner are treated; the withdrawal symptom can be rapidly and obviously controlled; the detoxification recovery rate can be up to over 90%.

The present invention identifies genotypes associated with resistance to extrapyramidal symptoms induced by antipsychotic drugs. The present invention further identifies genotypes associated with predisposition to the onset or aggravation of extrapyramidal symptoms induced by antipsychotic drugs and use thereof for assessment of patient populations. Specifically, the present invention relates to particular polymorphisms in the RGS2 gene that are associated with resistance or susceptibility to drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antipsychotic agent in combination with a chromium salt, which are used for minimizing side effects in a patient taking an antipsychotic agent.