Korean J Psychopharmacol.  2005 May;16(3):187-196.

Strategies for Switching Antipsychotics

• Kim YH
• Rhee CG

Abstract

As novel antipsychotic agents are introduced, the needs for practical guidelines on switching medications is becoming increasingly important. Cross-tapering is generally the most acceptable methods of switching, although abrupt change may be used in some cases. The important goal of antipsychotic agents witching guidelines is to reduce adverse effect of antipsychotic agents and to minimize the aggravation of the psychiatric symptoms during the switching periods. Recently, drug switching to novel antipsychotics is increased. In this article authors reviewed previous clinical studies on the antipsychotic medications switching.

Keyword

Antipsychotics; Atypical antipsychotics; Switching medication; Safety

MeSH Terms

Antipsychotic Agents*
Drug Substitution
Antipsychotic Agents