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Schezophernia
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My mother is suffering from schezophernia from past 3 year and under medicine Gressami 200 mg and Alkepin 25 mg. We are seeing complete improvement from past 1 year in terms of symptoms ,mood.
Like to know from expert doctors can these doses reduced further as symptoms have reduced to zero now.
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It's good that she has improved in her symptoms (as you observed ),but don't interfere in the treatment, met your psychiatrist regularly and review the treatment only by psychiatrist. Your doctor will explain you about the treatment plan and prognosis of your mother's illness.
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Review the treatment with psychiatrist regularly
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Dear sir, It's a reassuring news that your beloved mother has shown good improvement under medication. In psychotic spectrum disorders, especially one such as Schizophrenia, the good news is that late onset disorders have good prognosis as in u're case. At the same time, the usual course of any medication in Schizophrenia is dependent on how many episodes there has been. If it's just first episode and she has now started recovering, u're psychiatrist will plan a slow and sequential reduction of dose with a sufficient period in between to observe for any relapse. But in case of multiple episodes, then it is medically recommended to continue a minimally effective and tolerable dose.
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Hello, its Great that she have achieved complete improvement. Many patients are unable to achieve total improvement.
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Keep faith in your treating doctor and let him decide, do not take decision regarding medication by self.
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