Panteleeva G P, Mikhaĭlova N M, Beliaev B S
Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1981;81(3):406-12.
The use of prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations (quilonormretard and micalite) in 53 patients with manic-depressive psychosis and schizophrenia has shown that those drugs possess pronounced prophylactic properties. An open, two-stage control examination of 35 patients has demonstrated an advantage of the prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations over instant-action ones in preventing relapses of affective and schizoaffective psychoses. Peculiarities of the prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the disease course are discussed.