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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1998
As can be discerned from this article, antipsychotics are commonly prescribed, and they are not used to treat only psychosis. Although some data support the use of typical antipsychotics in pediatric patients with a variety of psychiatric syndromes, concerns about the safety and tolerability of these agents often complicated their use and probably even
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As can be discerned from this article, antipsychotics are commonly prescribed, and they are not used to treat only psychosis. Although some data support the use of typical antipsychotics in pediatric patients with a variety of psychiatric syndromes, concerns about the safety and tolerability of these agents often complicated their use and probably even
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Antipsychotics and Breastfeeding
Journal of Human Lactation, 2001Nearly 10% of all postpartum women will experience some form of psychiatric illness. The development of postpartum psychosis consisting of symptoms such as auditory hallucinations, delusions, and disorganization is greatest within the first 4 weeks after delivery. In fact, a majority of cases (54%) occur within 14 days of delivery.
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Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2004
The administration of more than one drug for a single medical condition is considered to be polypharmacy. There are many possible reasons for polypharmacy: (1) psychosis is a chronic disease that cannot be cured; (2) expectations to improve patients' quality of life beyond what drugs can actually do is high; (3) the lack of side effects and ...
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The administration of more than one drug for a single medical condition is considered to be polypharmacy. There are many possible reasons for polypharmacy: (1) psychosis is a chronic disease that cannot be cured; (2) expectations to improve patients' quality of life beyond what drugs can actually do is high; (3) the lack of side effects and ...
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Are antipsychotics antipsychotics?
Psychopharmacology, 2010Martin Jandl, Tilman Steinert
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Nursing Older People, 2010
A common response to behavioural disturbances in people with dementia is to prescribe antipsychotic drugs. There is evidence that they reduce aggression but these studies are based on short-term trials of fewer than 12 weeks. There is also evidence of harmful effects, including increased risk of stroke, but antipsychotic drugs can often be stopped with
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A common response to behavioural disturbances in people with dementia is to prescribe antipsychotic drugs. There is evidence that they reduce aggression but these studies are based on short-term trials of fewer than 12 weeks. There is also evidence of harmful effects, including increased risk of stroke, but antipsychotic drugs can often be stopped with
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Antidepressants and antipsychotics
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2004Abstract Although there is still debate over the biochemical basis of depression, most drugs that are effective in this disorder potentiate the actions of either norepinephrine or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). The main mechanisms of this action are prevention of reuptake and inhibition of metabolism.
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2012
Neuroleptic medications, now referred to as antipsychotic drugs, were serendipitously discovered in the early 1950s when the phenothiazine chlorpromazine, which was used as an antihistaminic adjunct during surgery on mentally ill patients, was observed to ameliorate psychotic symptoms.
Henry A. Nasrallah, Neha S. Hudepohl
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Neuroleptic medications, now referred to as antipsychotic drugs, were serendipitously discovered in the early 1950s when the phenothiazine chlorpromazine, which was used as an antihistaminic adjunct during surgery on mentally ill patients, was observed to ameliorate psychotic symptoms.
Henry A. Nasrallah, Neha S. Hudepohl
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2016
Antipsychotics are drugs that are used to control mental health conditions such as schizophrenia and other psychoses; hallucinations; delusional and bipolar disorders; agitation; severe anxiety; mania and violent or dangerously impulsive behavior; a state of apathy; lack of initiative; limited range of emotion; reduction in confusion and agitation; and
Ruben Vardanyan, Victor J. Hruby
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Antipsychotics are drugs that are used to control mental health conditions such as schizophrenia and other psychoses; hallucinations; delusional and bipolar disorders; agitation; severe anxiety; mania and violent or dangerously impulsive behavior; a state of apathy; lack of initiative; limited range of emotion; reduction in confusion and agitation; and
Ruben Vardanyan, Victor J. Hruby
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AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2008
Nurses shouldn't rely on these drugs for residents with dementia.
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Nurses shouldn't rely on these drugs for residents with dementia.
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