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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 4

Articles | October 01, 1969

The Effect of Chlorpromazine on the Swallowing Function in Chronic Schizophrenic Patients

ALLEN E. HUSSAR; DAVID G. BRAGG

Am J Psychiatry 1969;126:570-573.

Chief, medical service, and associate chief of staff for research, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Administration Hospital, Montrose, N. Y. 10548

Assistant professor of radiology, Cornell University Medical College and New York Hospital, and chief of diagnostic roentgenology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N. Y.

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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In a cineradiographic study of swallowing in four groups of subjects, it was found that chlorpromazine had no effect on the swallowing mechanism in schizophrenics. Half of the schizophrenic patients showed cineradiographic abnormalities in swallowing. These results contribute to an understanding of sudden deaths due to asphyxiation by food frequently ascribed to tranquilizing medication in schizophrenic patients.

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