A Patient Is Experiencing Extrapyramidal Side Effects from His Antipsychotic

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient is experiencing extrapyramidal side effects from his antipsychotic medications.The clinician would most likely take which of the following approaches to treating these side effects?

• A)Give the patient a "drug holiday" until the symptoms resolve and then restart the medication.
• B)Switch the patient to a different antipsychotic.
• C)Treat the patient with anticholinergics.
• D)Treat the patient with anticonvulsants.

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Definitions:

Critical Thinking Skills

The ability to analyze facts, generate and organize ideas, defend opinions, make comparisons, draw inferences, evaluate arguments, and solve problems thoughtfully and systematically.

Either/or Proposition

A logical statement that presents two exclusive alternatives, where the acceptance of one necessitates the rejection of the other.

Adolescents

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Critical Thinking

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