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Effects of biperiden and amantadine on memory in medicated chronic schizophrenic patients. A Double-blind cross-over study.

BACKGROUND. The effects on memory of an anticholinergic (biperiden) and a dopaminergic (amantadine) anti-Parkinsonian agent were compared. METHOD. Twenty-six chronically medicated schizophrenic (DSM-III-R) in-patients received amantadine (200 mg/day) or biperiden (4 mg/day) for two weeks in a double-blind cross-over design. RESULTS. Biperiden treatment was associated with significantly lower scores on Benton Visual Retention Test (P < 0.003) and the visual subscale of Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) (P < or = 0.02), with a trend to poorer scores on WMS total (P = 0.086) and the digit span (P = 0.07) and logical memory (P = 0.06) subscales. CONCLUSIONS. In usual clinical doses, biperiden interferes with memory, particularly visual, more than amantadine.[1]

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  1. Effects of biperiden and amantadine on memory in medicated chronic schizophrenic patients. A Double-blind cross-over study. Silver, H., Geraisy, N. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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