action: serotonin-dopamine antagonist
These drugs block both serotonin and dopamine receptors.
Antipsychotics: olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, sertindole, ziprasidone, zotepine
Stephen Stahl's Clinical Pearls* (Consult your physician before making any change in your treatment.)
- Can be expensive but cost-effective
- More efficacy of many SDAs for negative symptoms compared to conventional antipsychotics
- Not all SDAs have full atypical profile.
- Special uses in nonschizophrenic causes of positive psychosis
- Special uses for cognitive and aggressive symptoms and depression in schizophrenia
*Reprinted with permission from: Stahl, Stephen M Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotics Paperback 1999 Martin Dunitz, Ltd You cannot fully appreciate this book until you have seen the extraordinary illustrations of every aspect of this area of psychopharmacology and neurochemistry. Loaded with practical clinical "pearls."
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- Barnes, Thomas R E (Editor) Antipsychotic Drugs and Their Side-Effects (Neuroscience Perspectives) Hardcover1993
- Csernansky, J G (Editor) Antipsychotics (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, Vol 120) Hardcover1996
- Meltzer, Herbert Y. (Editor) Novel Antipsychotic Medications Hardcover1992
- Sramek, John J et al Optimizing the Development of Antipsychotic Drugs Hardcover1998
- Stephen M Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotics Paperback 1999 Martin Dunitz, Ltd