Phenothiazine Treatment and Electrocardiographic Abnormalities
1969 ◽
Vol 14
(5)
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pp. 517-523
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Keyword(s):
The One
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We have received the literature on ECG. abnormalities found in patients treated with phenothiazines. A survey of 106 electrocardiograms of patients receiving thioridazine as the only neuroleptic has been made. Fifty-nine patients (55.6%) had ECG. abnormalities considered ‘specific' to thioridazine. No statistically significant correlation could be made on the one hand with the sex of the patient, his age, duration of treatment, dosage level, use of antiparkinsonian medication and on the other hand the presence or absence of ECG. abnormalities. It is suggested that the ECG. abnormalities represent a disturbance in many patients with a particular susceptibility to the drug which is unpredictable at present.