1. First generation antipsychotics:
Answer block dopamine receptors
2. First generation antipsychotics examples:
Answer
Chlorpromazine
Haloperidol
3. First generation antipsychotics risk for:
Answer extrapyramidal symptoms
4. Extrapyramidal symptoms:
Answer side effects of antipsychotic medications that affecta person's gait, movement, or
posture
5. Treatment for extrapyramidal symptoms:
Answer
Benztropine, diphenhydramine
*no cure for tardive dyskinesia - goal is to prevent it from occurring.
ManageTD withbenzos
6. Second generation antipsychotics:
Answer drugs that alleviate schizophrenia withoutproducing movement problems
7. Second generation antipsychotics risk for...:
Answer
metabolic adverse effects (eg. weight gain, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and increased
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