EPS, other side effects may still occur with newer antipsychotics.Focuses on the use of atypical antipsychotics to lower the incidence of acute extrapyramidal symptoms.EBSCO_AspBrown University Psychopharmacology Update
Focuses on antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Categories of EPS; Factors that may increase a patient's vulnerability to EPS; Comparison on the efficacy and EPS profiles among antipsychotics.Tohen, MauricioPsychiatric Times...
Striatal D[sub 2] receptor occupancy as measured with [[sup 123] I]IBZM and SPECT predicted the occurrence of EPS in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics and haloperidol. In vivo imaging of brain receptors with SPECT may provide a useful clinical tool to titrate doses individually and ...