clazapine vs haloperidol

Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders characterized by major disturbances in thought, emotion, and behavior; disordered thinking in which ideas are not logically related; faulty perception and attention; bizarre disturbances in motor activity; flat or inappropriate emotions; and reduced tolerance for stress in interpersonal relations. The patient withdraws from people and reality, often into a fantasy life of delusions and hallucinations (Davidson, Neale 2001). There are a number of different treatments for schizophrenia the oldest …

…in some patients, which I think, is the most important aspect in any treatment, to improving sexual function in schizophrenic patients. Even in the study on continuation of use conducted by the VA Connecticut Health Care System patients continued to take Clozapine 8 ½ weeks longer than patients taking Haloperidol did. If I were a psychiatrist treating a patient who was schizophrenic I would prescribe Clozapine as opposed to Haloperidol as a drug treatment for their disease.