Atypical antipsychotic medications have improved adverse-event profiles compared with the older generation of antipsychotics, but careful attention to major side effects is still required.
The overall medication plan should address the major side effect concerns of each patient, said Daniel E. Casey, M.D., of the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, in a presentation here at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress regional extension.
“Choose your medications with the principle ‘first do no harm’ in mind,” he said. “Chose the drug with the lowest side effect profile.”
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