Assessment of Effect of Olanzapine Vs Risperidone among Patients with Schizophrenia In Terms of Personality Changes

The antipsychotics have an elegant role in treating the schizophrenic patients,. Along with the non-pharmacological treatment. The success rates with newly diagnosed patients were better when drugs are used to reduce the risk of developing chronic conditions. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of olanzapine and risperidone among patients with schizophrenia. An assessment was made in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia to study the effect of olanzapine and risperidone prescribed to them and their personality changes. The study was conducted for 100 patients over a period of 6 months. Patients were divided into two groups and treated with olanzapine and risperidone. There was a significant difference in both the therapy, with the mean differences in both the groups. Statistically significantly greater proportion of the olanzapine-treated than risperidone-treated patients maintained their response. Both the drugs prescribed significantly improved the health condition of schizpohrenic patients. In individual drug therapy olanzapine is considered as the drug that has more efficacies with respect to the mean values. Though the personality change of the patients shows significant improvement, it can be improved much more through patient awareness programs and patient education.