АNALYSIS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG CONSUPTION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT IN DIFFERENT TYPE HOSPITALS

Abstract

the goal of our research was to carry out an analysis of psychotropic drug utilization used for patients with schizophrenia in two (state and municipal) in-patient clinics during 2000 and 2010, using the DDD methodology. As the result, we found out that psychotropic drug utilization increased from 2000 to 2010 in both types of in-patient clinics. Consumption of second-generation antipsychotics increase in state clinic in 2010. And in the state clinic we can observe a favorable trend in the decrease of antidepressants and tranquilizers consumption.

Keywords

• drug consumption
• defined daily doses
• schizophrenia
• antipsychotic
• psychopharmacotherapy