Stahl's Illustrated Antipsychotics: Treating Psychosis, Mania and Depression by Stephen M. Stahl & Laurence Mignon

Stahl's Illustrated Antipsychotics: Treating Psychosis, Mania and Depression by Stephen M. Stahl & Laurence Mignon

Author:Stephen M. Stahl & Laurence Mignon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780521149051
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-04-25T21:00:00+00:00


FIGURE 3.17. As one of the top reasons for discontinuing an antipsychotic for intolerability, long-term sedation is best avoided. Patients whose nonsedating antipsychotic medication was initially augmented with a benzodiazepine may need to discontinue the benzodiazepine. For some patients treated with a sedating antipsychotic, it might be necessary to change their medication.

Other patients might become tolerant to the sedating side effects of their medication. Careful monitoring to develop individualized treatment is necessary in determining the best possible treatment plan for each patient.

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