Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2022, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 322-324.
DOI: 10.19803/j.1672-8629.2022.03.20

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Adverse drug reactions caused by antipsychotic drugs in 631 cases

CAO Lisha, WANG Jisheng, ZHANG Fang, CHEN Jing, GUO Haoning   

  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, the Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Mental Health Center, Mianyang Sichuan 621000, China
  • Received:2020-04-26 Online:2022-03-15 Published:2022-03-16

Abstract: Objective To analyze the characteristics, regularity and influencing factors of adverse drug reactions (ADR) caused by antipsychotics in our hospital over the past five years. Methods Six hundred and thirty-one reports of antipsychotics-related ADR submitted by our hospital to the national ADR monitoring network between 2015 and 2019 were statistically analyzed. Results Among the 631 cases, the percentage of females was 52.93% (334 cases), compared with (47.07%) (297 cases) for males (P < 0.01). The majority of the patients (475) were aged 20~60, accounting for 75.28%. ADR mostly occurred within 15 days of medication, accounting for 62.44%. 631 patients developed 679 ADR, and risperidone, olanzapine and clozapine were the top three drugs responsible for these ADR. Extrapyramidal reactions were the most common (218 cases), followed by constipation (101 cases). Conclusion Atypical antipsychotics have gradually become the main antipsychotic drugs. When they are combined with other psychiatric drugs, the incidence of extrapyramidal reactions is greatly increased, which deserves more attention.

Key words: antipsychotic drugs, adverse drug reactions, rational clinical use

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