The purposes for Antipsychotic drugs are to treat the sole purpose of Schizophrenia. These medications help to reduce Hallucinations, Delusions, and Illogical Thinking.
There are many types of antipsychotic drugs, and each has different jobs. Some require very low doses to achieve the desired effect, while other antipsychotic medications require large doses.
Some medications work differently than other medications and will depend on many different factors. Each resident’s medication type and dosage have to be individually measured. This may take a lot of time because many types of medications have to be tried before an effective drug and dosage are found.
The type and dose of medications will depend on many factors such as height, weight, activity, diet, physical health, other medications that may be taken at the same time, speed of digestion, body fat etc.
This is a list of some of the Psychotropic Medications and their common “Trade Names:”
Chlorpromazine, Thorazine; Thiothixene, Mellaril; Thiothixene, Navane; Haloperidol, Haldol, Loxapine, Loxitane; Molindone, Moban; Mesoridazine, Serentil; Perphenazine, Trilafon, Trifluoperazine, Stelazine; Chlorprothixane, Taractan; Fluphenazine Hydrochloride Prolixin; Risperidone, Risperdal.
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