Barbui C, Ciuna A, Nosé M, Patten S B, Stegagno M, Burti L, Amaddeo F, Tansella M
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2004 Apr;109(4):275-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2003.00283.x.
To estimate the proportion of off-label prescriptions of antipsychotics (APs) in ordinary in-patient practice.
From the South-Verona Psychiatric Case Register all admissions to the in-patient unit during 2001-02 were extracted. Prescriptions of APs were defined off-label when dispensed outside the licensed indications. In addition, the proportion of "non-classical prescriptions" was calculated.
During the 2 years surveyed AP agents were prescribed in 311 cases. Nearly 50% of second-generation AP prescriptions were for an off-label indication. In contrast, <15% of first-generation AP prescriptions were for an off-label indication. About 30% of first- and second-generation agents were prescribed for a non-classical indication.
Approved labels for second-generation AP agents cover a much narrower range of indications than any of the first-generation agents, and this explains the higher proportion of off-label prescriptions. In contrast, the everyday use of first- and second-generation APs cover a similar range of clinical indications.
评估普通住院患者中抗精神病药物(APs)的超说明书用药比例。
从南维罗纳精神病病例登记册中提取2001 - 2002年期间所有住院患者的信息。当APs的处方用于超出许可适应症范围时,被定义为超说明书用药。此外,还计算了“非经典处方”的比例。
在调查的2年中,有311例患者开具了APs药物。近50%的第二代APs处方用于超说明书适应症。相比之下,第一代APs处方用于超说明书适应症的比例不到15%。约30%的第一代和第二代药物被用于非经典适应症。
第二代APs药物的批准适应症范围比任何第一代药物都窄得多,这解释了超说明书用药比例较高的原因。相比之下,第一代和第二代APs的日常使用涵盖了相似的临床适应症范围。