Quetiapine. A collection of useful information for the clinician Review article

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Marcin Siwek

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Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug with proven efficacy in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as recurrent depression and generalized anxiety disorder. There is also evidence of the efficacy of quetiapine in other disorders dominated by affective and/or anxiety symptoms, for which treatment is not registered in Poland. The paper presents information useful in medical practice and presents descriptions of use cases.

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Siwek , M. (2021). Quetiapine. A collection of useful information for the clinician. Medycyna Faktow (J EBM), 14(2(51), 182-185. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.MF.0221.7
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