Metabolic and clinical effect of alpha-lipoic acid administration in schizophrenic subjects stabilized with atypical antipsychotics: A 12-week, open-label, uncontrolled study

Background: Many of the atypical antipsychotics induce metabolic side effects, limiting their use in clinical practice. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) was proposed as a new approach in schizophrenia to improve metabolic effects of atypical antipsychotics. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of A...

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Main Authors: Fiammetta Iannuzzo, Gianpaolo Antonio Basile, Domenica Campolo, Giovanni Genovese, Gianluca Pandolfo, Loretta Giunta, Domenica Ruggeri, Antonino Di Benedetto, Antonio Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590257122000360