THE USE OF MEMANTINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT FOR THE ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT TO ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS

摘要

The present invention provides a method for treating schizophrenia in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of memantine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a therapeutically effective amount an atypical antipsychotic. The method of the present invention embodies both the co-administration of memantine with an atypical antipsychotic, and the use of memantine as an adjunctive treatment to treatment with an atypical antipsychotic.