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The “typical” antipsychotics refer to those
developed before the 1990’s. These medicines cause more side effects
than the newer, or “atypical”, versions, which in many cases
have replaced them. These were the first psychiatric medicines to
effectively treat schizophrenia, and their development in the 1950’s
allowed many people to live more independent lives outside of psychiatric
hospitals. They have also been used
for bipolar disorder, severe depressions, and other conditions. Examples
include:
Haloperidol (Haldol), loxapine (Loxitane), thioridazine
(Mellaril), molindone (Moban), thiothixene (Navane), pimozide (Orap),
fluphenazine (Prolixin), mesoridazine (Serentil), trifluoperazine
(Stelazine), chlorpromazine (Thorazine), and perphenazine (Trilafon).
To read more about these medicines, go to:
Index
of Drug Information
Updated 6/1/4 by Chris Aiken,
M.D.
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