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  • Title: [Psychotropic drug therapy using maintenance dosage pumps].
    Author: Smulevich AB, Vorob'ev VIu, Tarasova TP, Abrosimov AI.
    Journal: Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova; 1987; 87(6):888-93. PubMed ID: 2888248.
    Abstract:
    The article deals with questions related to the use of paracorporal automatic drug-administering devices designed for the prolonged administration of psychotropic drugs. This is the first ever experience with the use of artificial systems for drug administration in psychiatry. The authors have developed a scheme of drug administration and determined the optimal rate of injection and daily doses. Possible complications and side effects associated with this method of treatment, as well as the methods for their prevention and control are described in detail. According to preliminary data the administration of psychotropic drugs with the help of automatic devices may contribute significantly to the improvement of social adaptation of patients with minor mental disturbances and make easier the provision of psychotherapy, in particular it may considerably simplify functional training of patients with phobic abnormalities. The method appears to be especially promising with regard to maintenance therapy.
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