A Recent Comprehensive Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Medication for Schizophrenia

question 94

Multiple Choice

A recent comprehensive randomized controlled clinical trial of medication for schizophrenia compared four second generation drugs and one first generation drug against one another.Which of the following was NOT a finding of this study?

• A)The second generation drugs were not more effective than the older,first generation drug
• B)The second generation drugs were much more effective than the older,first generation drug
• C)The second generation drugs did not produce fewer unpleasant side effects.
• D)Nearly three-quarters of the people stopped taking the medications before the 18 months of the study design had ended

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