Fluphenazine outpatient clinics: a pharmacist's role

Twenty-five schizophrenic outpatients were treated in a pharmacist-administered fluphenazine decanoate clinic for periods of up to 1 year. These patients had a significantly lower rehospitalization rate, a decrease in medication related side effects, and showed improvement in functional capacity. The results suggest that a pharmacist can be clinically beneficial to schizophrenic outpatients and may help to reduce the cost of treatment programs.