Assertion: schizophrenia's medication | /r/HasProperty | effective
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in treating positive symptoms
type: OTHER
value: for schizophrenia
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Medications that have been found to be particularly effective in treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia and therefore are considered top choices or first-line treatments, include orally taken medications like risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), ziprasidone (Geodon), aripiprazole (Abilify), paliperidone (Invega), asenapine (Saphris), lurasidone (Latuda), brexpiprazole (Rexulti), and iloperidone (Fanapt).
text: The good news is that these medications can be very effective at treating many of the symptoms of schizophrenia, and since they were first introduced in the mid-twentieth century, they have been greatly improved.
text: Overall, the study found that the older less expensive anti-psychotic medications can be as effective as the new atypical anti-psychotic medications.
text: For schizophrenia, medications have been found to be effective in treating the positive symptoms (for example, delusions or hallucinations).
text: While antipsychotic medication is effective in treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, it does not address negative symptoms.8
text: These medications have become known as first-generation antipsychotics and have been found to be effective in treating positive symptoms (for example, acute symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, loose associations, ambivalence, or emotional lability) but are thought to be less effective for negative symptoms (such as decreased motivation and lack of emotional expressiveness).
text: Such medications usually need to be taken daily to be effective.
text: Antipsychotic medications are effective in helping four out of five people who take them.
text: Electroconvulsive therapy may be recommended if antipsychotic medications aren’t effective.