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Although older antipsychotics may offer a cheaper, equally effective alternative to newer ones, critical questions remain, comments a group led by psychiatrist Robert Freedman, editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry, in an accompanying editorial. Abilify (aripiprazole), a dopamine partial agonist, which has a different action mechanism from the conventional antipsychotics, is a new option for schizophrenia. Antipsychotics work by blocking dopamine in the brain, which often causes immediate side effects called extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). |
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