People take antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Your doctor will work with you to monitor your side effects and dosing schedule. Over the past few decades, access ...

Antipsychotics are the best defense against relapse in schizophrenia, even though that protection often comes at the expense of cognitive function. Which drugs offer the greatest benefit with the ...

The use of antipsychotic drugs was associated with dysregulated glucose control (homeostasis) independent of weight gain compared with use of placebo, with increased levels of fasting glucose, insulin ...

Taking an antipsychotic can be difficult due to the cultural stigma about serious mental illness, psychosis, and the actual drugs themselves. It was so complicated for me to accept using an ...

Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO, a psychiatrist ...

First-generation antipsychotics, including haloperidol and chlorpromazine, raise the risk of tardive dyskinesia. Second-generation options like risperidone and quetiapine also carry a risk. Tardive ...