Adding pre-emptive anticholinergics to antipsychotics: Is it justified?

Adding pre-emptive anticholinergics to antipsychotics: Is it justified?

Anti-psychotics are the mainstay of treatment for Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. Historically, anticholinergics have been prescribed to prevent or treat extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) associated with first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs). Even though newer antipsychotics are associated w...

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Main Authors: Kaushik Chatterjee, Ankit Dangi, Rachit Sharma, Prateek Yadav, Vinay Singh Chauhan, Jyoti Prakash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Subjects:
anticholinergics
antipsychotics
extrapyramidal symptoms
prophylaxis
Online Access:http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2022;volume=31;issue=2;spage=370;epage=373;aulast=Chatterjee

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