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Antipsychotic Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Agents that control agitated psychotic behavior, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect. They are used in SCHIZOPHRENIA; senile dementia; transient psychosis following surgery; or MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; etc. These drugs are often referred to as neuroleptics alluding to the tendency to produce neurological side effects, but not all antipsychotics are likely to produce such effects. Many of these drugs may also be effective against nausea, emesis, and pruritus.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antipsychotic
  • Antipsychotic Agent
  • Antipsychotic Drug
  • Antipsychotic Drugs
  • Antipsychotic Medication
  • Antipsychotics
  • Major Tranquilizer
  • Major Tranquilizers
  • Neuroleptic
  • Neuroleptic Agent
  • Neuroleptic Agents
  • Neuroleptic Drug
  • Neuroleptic Drugs
  • Neuroleptics
  • Tranquilizing Agents, Major
  • Tranquillizing Agents, Major

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents antipsychotiques
  • Agents neuroleptiques
  • Anti-psychotiques
  • Antipsychotiques
  • Ataractiques
  • Médicaments antipsychotiques
  • Médicaments neuroleptiques
  • Tranquillisants majeurs

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