A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials into the effects of antipsychotic drugs has found important differences between individual drugs, which are blurred by classification of 'first' or ...

Significant differences exist with regard to time of discontinuation between different antipsychotic agents; for initial treatment, rapid onset/poor tolerability increases discontinuation, whilst for ...

People take antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Your doctor will work with you to monitor your side effects and dosing schedule. Over the past few decades, access ...

Antipsychotics can be life-changing for anyone experiencing psychosis, including people with schizophrenia. But they can also come with challenging side effects. Older, first-generation antipsychotics ...

Donald Goff, Jeffrey Lieberman, and colleagues recently published a review article entitled “The Long-Term Effects of Antipsychotic Medication on Clinical Course in Schizophrenia” in the American ...

Laura Lindsey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

If you have schizophrenia, your doctor may want you to take aripiprazole. That’s a prescription drug sold under the brand name Abilify. Aripiprazole is an atypical or second-generation antipsychotic ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is due to issue a decision by September 26 on the approval of KarXT, a potential first-in-class antipsychotic. If approved, it would be the first drug with a ...

Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO, a psychiatrist ...

Donald Goff, Jeffrey Lieberman, and colleagues recently published a review article entitled “The Long-Term Effects of Antipsychotic Medication on Clinical Course in Schizophrenia” in the American ...