Antipsychotic drugs and related diseases

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Does long term use of schizophrenia medicine cause Tardive dyskinesia? How to deal with it ? Will antipsychotic drugs cause Alzheimer's? What should be avoided when taking medicine?

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Dr. Shabir Ahmad Dar

Sexologist 13 yrs exp Srinagar

First generation antipsychotics used for treatment of schizophrenia car can cause tardive dyskinesia in the long term. The treatment tardive dyskinesia involves either using small doses of first generation antipsychotics or switching to safer second-generation antipsychotics No antipsychotics ,do not lead to Alzheimer's dementia.

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