The patient’s recovery underscores the importance of exploring alternative treatments for antipsychotic-induced side effects.

People with chronic cocaine use can experience cognitive impairments and motor dysfunction that can be mitigated with antioxidant or anti-inflammatory agents; this supports the authors’ claim that ...

Whether or not antipsychotic medication should be initiated depends upon the severity of the behavioral disturbance, the persistence of symptoms and whether the patient needs to be rechallenged ...

Atypical antipsychotic drugs are less prone to induce extrapyramidal side effects than typical antipsychotics. Distinct pharmacologic profiles, especially actions on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT ...

Antipsychotic medications are prescription pharmaceuticals used to treat conditions that involve psychosis, a group of symptoms that affects the ability to tell what is real and what is not accurate.

Receptor pharmacology is the study of the interactions of receptors with drugs/pharmaceuticals and other xenobiotics. A basic tenet of receptor pharmacology is that a drug’s effect is directly ...