论文信息 - RESPONSE OF FUNCTIONAL VOMITING WITH CONVENTIONAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS

RESPONSE OF FUNCTIONAL VOMITING WITH CONVENTIONAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS

BACKGROUND: There is a group of patients who have unexplained chronic nausea and/or vomiting. In the past these patients were labeled as having psychogenic vomiting. OBJECTIVE: To assess the response of psychogenic vomiting with conventional antipsychotic chlorpromazine. METHOD: Study was conducted at Department of Psychiatry King George hospital out patients department, Visakhapatnam. N=13 cases with psychogenic vomiting's were treated with Chlorp-romazine of 25-50 mg/ day for two weeks, followed by regular follow up of one month. RESULTS: All the 13 patients who received Chlorpromazine of 25- 50 mg / day for two weeks showed good response. There were no side effects noted with the above dose. CONCLUSIONS: Chlorpromazine of 2 weeks showed good response for patient with psychogenic vomiting.

K. R. Reddy | G. S. Kumar | E. Peda | D. Sunitha | Veera Raju

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