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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Open Science Publishers LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">59</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFECT OF CHLORPROMAZINE AND HALOPERIDOL COMBINATION ON LIPID PROFILE IN NIGERIA SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Blessing</surname><given-names>Idonije O.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>GBS</surname><given-names>Iyalomhe</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>George</surname><given-names>Eidangbe O.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Okojie</surname><given-names>Festus O.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Solomon</surname><given-names>Agbebaku O.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>27</day><month>08</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>12</issue><fpage>11</fpage><lpage>20</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: It is a known fact that dyslipidemia subsist in psychiatric patients on both typical and atypical antipsychotics mono-therapy. Could these regimens in combination be favorable against dyslipidemia? This study therefore investigated the effect of chlorpromazine and haloperidol combination on the lipid profile of schizophrenic patients. Methodology: The test comprised 26 patients among which 16 go well with the criteria of study. Chlorpromazine 200mg nocte in combination with haloperidol starting at 15 __ampersandsignndash; 20mg daily in divided doses were administered. Blood samples were collected prior to experiment (basal level) and six weeks (final level) later for lipid profile evaluation and levels compared to those of control (n=30), who were apparently healthy non psychiatric patients. Results: Compared to control, patients showed increased BMI and blood pressure. Lipid profile was significantly different (basal levels) prior to the experiment. Final lipid profile showed significant increase (P__ampersandsignlt;0.05) in TG, TC, LDLc and VLDLc and significantly decreased (P__ampersandsignlt;0.05) HDLc compared to basal levels and control. Atherogenic indices (TC/HDL and LDL/HDL) of patients were significantly higher (P__ampersandsignlt;0.05) and this effect was potentiated with six weeks of chlorpromazine/haloperidol combination therapy. Conclusion: The observed changes suggest lipid disorders in schizophrenic patients which was exacerbated with chlorpromazine/haloperidol combination therapy.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Schizophrenia; Atypical and Typical antipsychotic; Combination therapy; Lipid profile.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
