Newer Antipsychotics No Better Than Older Drug In Treating Child And Adolescent Schizophrenia, Study Finds

Nearly every child who receives an antipsychotic medicine is first prescribed a second-generation, or "atypical" drugs. However, there has never been evidence that these drugs are more effective or safer than the older, first-generation medications. Now a UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine study suggests that first-generation drugs are as effective as the newer ones and should be used as a first line of therapy in some children.

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