College of Medicine

A discussion was held at the College of Pharmacy for the master student Shahad M. Khalilentitled “The potential effect of ariprazole on improving blood sugar control in patients taking atypical antipsychotics” on Thursday, November 19th 2020. The thesis discussed the effects of drugs for schizophrenia on blood sugar levels. The discussion committee was headed by the professor of the Dept. of Pharmacology, Prof Dr Imad A. Thanoun. The thesis showed the positive effect of the aforementioned drug on the patients’ sugar levels. The thesis recommended accrediting this drug as an adjunctive treatment in the treatment protocol for patients with schizophrenia. After the discussion, the committee’s decision was read which included accepting the thesis after making amendments to it and granting the student a master’s degree.