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bizi · 09-20-2008, 09:54 AM

Dear Barbara, Maybe it is time to try a newer medication?
Do you think that your medication is not working well?

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Antipsychotic are classified as typical and atypical
Typical Antipsychotics. These were the first drugs to treat psychosis and schizophrenia in the 1950s. They are also referred to as conventional ot first generation antipsychotics. Typical antipsychotics are very effective but have worrisome side effects especially tardive dyskinesia. The typical antipsychotics are relatively inexpensive and are still used.
Typical Antipsychotics include:

chlorpromazine (Thorazine)

haloperidol ( Haldol)

trifluopeazine (Stelazine)

Thioridazine (Mellaril)

fluphenazine (Prolixin)

molidone (Moban)

thiothixene (Navane)

loxapine (Loxatane)

perphenazine (Trilafon)

mesoridazine (Serentil)

Atypical Antipsychotics
These are the newer antipsychotic drugs that are equally effective but have fewer side effects then the typical antipsychotics. They are also referred to as second generation.
Clozapine was the first atypical antipsychotic introduced in the US in 1990. The risk of TD is said to be ten times less with these new medications. Atypical antipsychotics are the drug of choice in the US. They are very effective but are also expensive. They are the drugs of choice in the US. As time goes on however, we are learning that the atypical antipsychotic drugs also have significant side effects. There continues to be growing concern about weight gain, metabolic syndrome and endocrine changes.
Atypical Antipsychotics include:

ziprazodone (Geodon)

risperdone (Risperdal)

quetiapine (Seroquel)

olanzepine (Zyprexa)

aripiprazole (Abilify) is the latest antipsychotic medication to hit the market. It is said to be different from the others in that it balances dopamine levels in the brain rather then simply decreasing it.