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Combination treatment shows promise for schizophrenia
VA Research Communications Services release - "Reporting in the January issue of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center researchers and colleagues have found that combining the anticonvulsant drug divalproex with either olanzapine or risperidone-two commonly used antipsychotic drugs-significantly enhanced and hastened responses in patients suffering from acute psychotic episodes of schizophrenia."  
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Easier drug schedules help cognitively impaired HIV patients
Press release from VA Research Communications Service on a study published in in the December 24 issue of Neurology on the use of computerized pill bottles to track medication adherence. The study found that "HIV-infected patients with cognitive problems were far more likely to miss doses when they had to take pills three times a day, compared to once or twice per day."  
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Medscape Pharmacotherapy Journal Scan, December 2002
"...the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in Clinical Drug Investigation, Clinical Therapeutics, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, British Journal of Pharmacology, and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts and full text, when available." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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