[Successful quetiapine therapy in psychotic patients with mood elevation]

Abstract

Antipsychotics have been used in the therapy of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and several second generation antipsychotics (SGA) are already available in Hungary. The clinical trials' results are confusing in regarding the differences in the efficacy of the SGA's, but the differences in their side-effects are clear. Considering its most important side-effects, such as extrapyramidal symptoms, weight gain, metabolic syndrome and prolactin level elevation, quetiapine has a fairly good side effect profile, and can therefore be recommended especially in case of bipolar patients who are highly sensitive towards side effects.. In our case-report, we present four patients who were successfully treated with quetiapine for their psychotic mood elevation.