Sleep Ameliorating Effects of Acupuncture in a Psychiatric Population
Table 2
Overview of the medication used by the different groups at the start of the study.
Group
CPZ
Atypical
Typical
SSRI
Tricyclic antidepressives
SNRI and SSNRI
Others
Depression and acupuncture group
Chlorprothixene in 1 patient Promethazine in 1 patient Pipamperone in 1 patient 0.33 in 1 patient
In 2 patients
In 2 patients
In 4 patients
In 3 patients
In 3 patients
In 2 patients
Depression and waitlist group
Pipamperone in 1 patient 0.33 in 1 patient
In 1 patient
In 1 patient
In 4 patients
In 2 patients
In 3 patients
In 2 patients
Schizophrenia and acupuncture group
Amisulpride + 1 in 1 patient Zotepine + 1 in 1 patient Prothipendyl + 2 in 1 patient Fluphenazine + 3 in 1 patient 6 in 1 patient 4 in 1 patient 3.5 in 1 patient 1.83 in 1 patient
In 8 patients
In 3 patients
In 0 patients
In 1 patient
In 1 patients
In 4 patients
Schizophrenia and waitlist group
Fluphenazine + 3 in 1 patient 6 in 1 patient Pipamperone + 3.17 in 1 patient 1.83 in 1 patient 1 in 1 patient Zotepine and Chlorprothixene and Melperone + 4 in 1 patient 10 in 1 patient 3.5 in 1 patient
In 8 patients
In 3 patients
In 0 patients
In 2 patients
In 0 patients
In 4 patients
CPZ (Chlorpromazine Equivalents) were calculated using published equivalencies for oral conventional [19] and atypical [20] antipsychotics. SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake Inhibitor, SNRI: serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, SSNRI: selective serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
