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Antipsychotic Drug Development off Course?

Antipsychotic drug development may be off course. Since its accidental discovery during 1951 (Shen 1999), 15 to 40 drugs have been used to treat antipsychotic symptoms. Further developement in drug treatment was on hold until the introduction of Clozapine treatment in the United States in 1990. Discontinuation of antipsychotic medications is common because they don’t work in all patients and because of adverse effects, including metabolic side effects, weight gain and involuntary movements (Tandon 2006). Read more →