side of Schizophrenia and the use of treatments to help the easethis problem.Schizophrenia has many different symptoms, some more noticeable than others. “The most noticeable symptoms a person is likely to have during an acute episode ofschizophrenia include hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder or some bizarrebehavior” (Long, 1). These symptoms can be reduced by the use of drugs. “Othersymptoms more obvious during a less active stage, includes loss of energy, loss of interesttoward anything, and the loss of a sense of humor and warmth toward people he/sheknows” (Long, 2). Medications, however, don’t work as well to people with thesesymptoms. And that can make this problem even more difficult to the patient as well as thefamily to deal with. Drug use is crucial to people with schizophrenia to help maintain sanity. “Thedrugs are enhancers of the normal biochemical process within the body” (Long, 2) “Useof the drugs can either speed up certain effects and slow down others” (Long, 2). Meaning, they help regulate the speed of a person’s “working” brain. In The British Medical Journal says that the drugs Clorazine and Olanzapine aremore effective than traditional antipsychotics and should be offered to patients who havenot responded to other antipsychotics drugs. Clorazine helps a schizophrenic have fewerrelapses, and also a much greater reduction in symptoms. “Olanzapine is very effectiveagainst antipsychotic behavior, much less sedation, and fewer extrapyramidal side effects”(McGrath, 4). The side effects of Clorazine are sedation, hypersalivation, weight gain,and an increased risk of convulsions at higher doses. Olanzapine has few sides as wellthey are: sedation, weight gain, and dizziness. But both Clorazine and Olanzapine havebeen found to work extremely well at changing behavior in schizophrenic’s. These drugshave been both us...
