Authors : Supriya Sharma, Yeshwant Deshmukh, Priya Ann Sam, Urmila Salve
DOI : 10.18231/2394-2797.2018.0002
Volume : 5
Issue : 1
Year : 0
Page No : 7-11
Objective: To compare the efficacy of olanzapine and risperidone in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in MGM medical college Navi Mumbai between October 2012 to September 2014. The study included 110 patients of schizophrenia. The positive and negative symptoms were assessed with the help of the PANSS (positive & negative symptom score) scale.
Results: We observed that the mean percentage reduction in score in the positive scale of PANSS was 48.74% in the risperidone and 49.40% in the olanzapine group .The negative score reduced by 56.32% in the Risperidone group and by 61.59% in the olanzapine group on the PANSS.
Conclusion: olanzapine was superior to risperidone in controlling the positive as well as negative symptoms of schizophrenia clinically but the results were not statistically significant.
Keywords: Olanzaine, Risperidone, Schizophrenia.