| Note |
The outsider. The newly discharged mental hospital patient - outside the protective hospital environment, and facing a world filled with uncertainties. Integration into community life is likely to be the most difficult hurdle the newly discharged patient has to face. For patients with psychotic disorders, continued medication is often basic to an outpatient treatment program that bridges the gap between hospital and community. With Mellaril, patients are generally alert and in better contact with reality and can participate more fully in the entire therapeutic program. (Even though Mellaril produces only minimal sedative effect, patients should be warned about participating in activities which require complete mental alertness, eg. Driving). And although extrapyramidal symptoms are characteristic of this class of drug, minimal extrapyramidal stimulation - notably pseudoparkinsonism - is a distinctive feature of Mellaril. Effectively manages the symptoms of psychotic disorders. |
