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In an interview with HCPLive, Daniel Greer, PharmD discussed his team’s study on how antipsychotic injections were linked to a greater reduction in 30-day rehospitalizations than oral medication.
Our January 2024 psychiatry month in review includes studies finding associations with depression, anxiety, and anorexia nervosa, as well as a phase 3 study looking into long-term safety of olanzapine, samidorphan.
For people with schizophrenia hospitalized after a psychotic episode, getting a long-acting antipsychotic injection works far better than pills to keep them from returning to hospital care.
In a study comparing readmission rates for patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder on oral or long-acting injections, investigators found after 30 days the readmission rate was 8.3% among patients who received pills and 1.9% among patients who received injections.
For people with schizophrenia hospitalized after a psychotic episode, getting a long-acting antipsychotic injection works far better than pills to keep them from returning to hospital care.