Source: DGNews  |  Posted 9 years ago

PORTLAND, OR -- December 27, 2002 -- Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center researchers and their colleagues have found that combining the anticonvulsant drug divalproex with either of two commonly used antipsychotic drugs significantly enhanced and hastened responses in patients suffering from acute psychotic episodes of schizophrenia.

"Our findings suggest that combination therapy with divalproex can decrease the mental pain and suffering for many patients with schizophrenia and shorten the time they need to be in the hospital," said study leader Daniel E. Casey, MD, Associate Director of Research for the VA Northwest Network