Antipsychotic withdrawal symptoms: phenomenology and pathophysiology.
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چکیده
The authors review the literature discribing non-dyskinetic antipsychotic withdrawal phenomena. Withdrawal of these agents can cause nausea, emesis, anorexia, diarrhea, rhinorrhea, diaphoresis, myalgia, paresthesia, anxiety, agitation, restlessness, and insomnia. Psychotic relapse is often presaged by increased anxiety, agitation, restlessness and insomnia, but the temporal relationship of these prodromal symptoms to reduction in the dosage or discontinuation of neuroleptics distinguishes them from the effects of abrupt withdrawal.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
دوره 77 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988