Treatment
with neuroleptics has undesirable side effects on a
large
number of
patients. Most patients are treated with typical drugs because these
drugs are far more inexpensive than atypical ones. Because of this
reason many families,
doctors and patients diagnosed with schizophrenia still face hard decisions regarding the
possible side effects of treatment with
drugs. In most
cases, however, the benefits of the treatment outweighs the
possibility
of
having side effects. Visit the links below for
more information.
The following links provide:
An overview
about the most common type of side effect :
Early-onset Extrapyramidal
Effects (EPSE)
Information about different types of EPSEsuch as
dystonic reactions, parkinsonism and
akathiasia.
A possible explanation
to why treatment with antipsychotics may cause EPSE
