Antipsychotic: Difference between revisions

>Kurt Goedel
m Broke the list into "Typicals" and "Atypicals" and ammended the list with the most commonly encountered agents. I removerd Prochlorperazine, as, while exhibiting neuroleptic effects, its main clinical use is as an antiemetic.
>Unity
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Notable and relatively common adverse effects of antipsychotics include extrapyramidal symptoms (which involve motor control and are very serious), hyperprolactinaemia (primarily in typicals), weight gain and metabolic abnormalities (mostly in atypicals).<ref name = "SCZ">{{cite web | url = http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/288259-overview | title = Schizophrenia | author = Frankenburg FR, Dunayevich E, Albucher RC, Talavera F | publisher = emedicine.medscape.com | accessdate = 2013-10-02 }}</ref>
Notable and relatively common adverse effects of antipsychotics include extrapyramidal symptoms (which involve motor control and are very serious), hyperprolactinaemia (primarily in typicals), weight gain and metabolic abnormalities (mostly in atypicals).<ref name = "SCZ">{{cite web | url = http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/288259-overview | title = Schizophrenia | author = Frankenburg FR, Dunayevich E, Albucher RC, Talavera F | publisher = emedicine.medscape.com | accessdate = 2013-10-02 }}</ref>


===Examples===
==Examples==


==== First-Generation (Typical) Antipsychotics ====
=== First-Generation (Typical) Antipsychotics ===
* [[Chlorpromazine]]
* [[Chlorpromazine]]
* [[Haloperidol]]
* [[Haloperidol]]
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* [[Sulphride]]
* [[Sulphride]]
* [[Thioridazine]]
* [[Thioridazine]]
==== Second-Generation (Atypical) Antipsychotics ====
=== Second-Generation (Atypical) Antipsychotics ===
* [[Clozapine]]
* [[Clozapine]]
* [[Quetiapine]]
* [[Quetiapine]]
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* [[Brexpiprazole]]
* [[Brexpiprazole]]


===See also===
==See also==
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Psychedelics]]
*[[Quetiapine]]
*[[Prochlorperazine]]
*[[Delusions]]
*[[External hallucinations]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Antipsychotic|Antipsychotic (Wikipedia)]]
*[[wikipedia:Antipsychotic|Antipsychotic (Wikipedia)]]


===References===
==References==
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