Medical Complications of New Antipsychotic Drugs
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Medical complications of new antipsychotic drugs.
Although antipsychotic drugs have a high therapeutic index (ratio of clinical benefit to adverse effects), they are associated with a range of adverse effects in most patients. The majority of these side effects are tolerable, readily managed, and not life threatening. The most troublesome side effects are neurological. Two new antipsychotics (clozapine and risperidone) have recently been intro...
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Although antipsychotic drugs have a high therapeutic index (ratio of clinical benefit to adverse effects), they are associated with a range of adverse effects in most patients. The majority of these side effects are tolerable, readily managed, and not life threatening. The most troublesome side effects are neurological. Two new antipsychotics (clozapine and risperidone) have recently been intro...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/22.3.475