What are the types of antipsychotic drugs

At present, the drugs commonly used in clinical practice for the treatment of schizophrenia can be divided into two categories according to their pharmacological effects: 1, typical antipsychotic drugs, also known as traditional antipsychotic drugs. Representative drugs are chlorpromazine, haloperidol, etc. 2, atypical antipsychotics, also known as non-traditional antipsychotics, the therapeutic dose is smaller, the occurrence of certain side effects is less, the schizophrenia simple type of efficacy than the traditional antipsychotics. However, most of them are expensive. Representative drugs are clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine.

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