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X. Lack of Effect of Chlorpromazine and Reserpine on Abnormal Carbohydrate Metabolism in Chronic Schizophrenia

MARK D. ALTSCHULE, M.D.; ROSE-MARIE GONCZ; PHYLLIS D. HOLLIDAY

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;99(6):892-895.

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Earlier work done in this laboratory has shown that patients with schizophrenic, manic-depressive, and involutional psychoses have a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism.¹ The fact that chlorpromazine and reserpine improve the behavior of patients with these syndromes is well known. However, it is difficult to establish the efficacy of any medication in affective psychoses, since these disorders are usually self-limited. It was therefore decided to study the carbohydrate metabolism of chronically schizophrenic patients who improved while receiving these medications.

Material and Methods

Five women, ranging in age from 26 to 49 years, were studied. All were well nourished and free of intercurrent disease. Observations were made on changes that took place in various blood constituents after the administration of 100 gm. of glucose by mouth. The methods used were as previously described.¹

Observations

CASE 1.

—Woman, age 49 years. The patient had been hospitalized continuously for the last 10 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Waverley, Mass.

From the Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass., and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct. 4, 1956.

Aided by a grant from the Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia.

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