Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices Papers

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/2465

An Alternative Approach to Measuring Treatment Persistence with Antipsychotic Agents among Patients with Schizophrenia in the Veterans Health Administration

Ren, Xinhua S; Qian, Shirley; Kazis, Lewis E (Dove Medical Press, 2007)

Prior studies have demonstrated the importance of treatment persistence with anti-psychotic agents in sustaining control of schizophrenic symptoms. However, the conventional approach in measuring treatment persistence ...
Measurement of Treatment Adherence with Antipsychotic Agents in Patients with Schizophrenia

Ren, Xinhua S; Herz, Lawrence; Qian, Shirley; Smith, Eric; Kazis, Lewis E (Dove Medical Press, 2009-10-12)

The importance of medication adherence in sustaining control of schizophrenic symptoms has generated a great deal of interest in comparing levels of treatment adherence with different antipsychotic agents. However, the ...
Simvastatin is associated with a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease

Wolozin, Benjamin; Wang, Stanley W.; Li, Nien-Chen; Lee, Austin; Lee, Todd A.; Kazis, Lewis E. (BioMed Central, 2007-7-19)

BACKGROUND: Statins are a class of medications that reduce cholesterol by inhibiting 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. Whether statins can benefit patients with dementia remains unclear because of conflicting ...