Efficiency of mebicar and piracetam as correctors of side effects of neuroleptic therapy in elderly patients

We observed 58 patients aged from 69 to 86 years who were treated in the hospital of the Republican Clinical Hospital of the MH TASSR for atherosclerotic psychoses with predominantly paranoid disorders. The patients received neuroleptics - haloperidol (1.5-4.5 mg per day), etaperazine (15-45 mg per day), sonapax (30-60 mg per day) and a combination of these drugs in lower doses. All patients had pronounced side effects of neuroleptics. For correction of side effects, 38 patients received mebicar in a daily dose of 1.2-3.6 g, and 20 patients received piracetam in a daily dose of 1.2-3.6 g.