neuroleptic

NOUN
  1. tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
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  • Neuroleptic drugs (such as chlorpromazine) have their effect on the brain almost immediately, but they take weeks to affect the behaviour of the patients. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • These agents also have safety issues, particularly those of acute extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
  • Other agents, such as lithium, neuroleptics, trazadone and benzodiazepines, have not proved effective.
  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a self-limiting condition once the offending agent has been discontinued.
  • As many as 50 percent of youth on neuroleptics may experience some form of tardive or withdrawal dyskinesia.
  • In these patients, neuroleptic drug use triples mortality, primarily secondary to severe functional decline.
  • All the psychiatric participants were using therapeutic doses of neuroleptic medications as prescribed by their attending psychiatrist.
  • The prolonged use of neuroleptic drugs (major tranquillizers) can produce movement disorders, including tremors, tics, and smacking of the lips.
  • Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, not sedatives.
  • A potentially fatal complex referred to as neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported with anti-psychotic drugs, including aripiprazole. POTIONS AND POISONS
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