The following is not an atypical antipsychotic –
Correct Answer: Thioridazine
Description: Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics)
Antipsychotics are a group of psychoactive drugs commonly used to treat psychosis, e.g. Schizophrenia.
Antipsychotic drugs are divided into:
A) Typical antipsychotics (first-generation antipsychotics)
Phenothiazines - Chlorpromazine, Thioridazine, Trifluoperazine, Fluphenazine.
Thioxanthenes - Thiothixene, Flupenthixol.
Butyrophenones - Haloperidol, Trifluperidol, Penfluridol.
Other heterocyclics - Pimozide, Loxapine, Sulpiride
B) Atypical antipsychotics (second generation antipsychotics)
clozapine
Olanzapine
Risperidone
Questiapine
Aripiprazole
Ziprasidone
Category:
Psychiatry
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