title: Plasma concentrations of thiothixene and clinical response in treatment-resistant schizophrenics.
abstract: Plasma concentrations of thiothixene were measured during treatment of 42 treatment-resistant schizophrenic patients. Inter-individual variability was marked even when patients were treated with the same dose or dose regimen. Intra-individual variability was less but still considerable. A highly significant correlation was found between dose and plasma concentration, but this relationship was unpredictable for individual patients. A median plasma concentration of 12 to 15 ng/ml might be expected with daily doses of 60 mg. No definite range of therapeutic plasma concentrations could be determined. Patients who attained moderate degrees of improvement did so at a median dose of 26 ng/ml, which is within the range of therapeutic plasma concentrations previously reported for thiothixene in similar patients.
authors.affiliation: Harris County Psychiatric Centre, Houston, Texas 77225.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hollister
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lombrozo
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011897:Random Allocation; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013888:Thiothixene / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013888:Thiothixene