User:Jel3728/Psychopharmacology

Antipsychotic drugs decrease psychotic, paranoid and disorganized thinking, alter bizarre behavior, decrease dangerous hyperactivty, increase activity levels in severly withdrawn patients.

Action: Blocks postsynaptic dopamine receptors in basal ganglia,limbic system, brainstem, and medulla.

Treatment for schizophrenia, manic bipolar, and organic brain syndromes.

Ex: Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) Thioridazine (Mellaril) Fluphenazine (Prolixin) Thiothixene (Navane) Haloperidol (Haldol) Clozapine   (Clozaril) Risperidone (Risperdal)

SE: Anticholinergic effects sedation wt gain extrapyramidal effects Tardive dskinesia

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (FATAL)