A recent comprehensive randomized controlled clinical trial of medication for schizophrenia compared four second generation drugs and one first generation drug against one another. Which of the following was NOT a finding of this study?
a) The second generation drugs were not more effective than the older, first generation drugs.
b) The second generation drugs were much more effective than the older, first generation drugs.
c) The second generation drugs did not produce fewer unpleasant side effects.
d) Nearly three-quarters of the people stopped taking the medications before the 18 months of the study design had ended.
b
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