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Antipsychotic drugs and related diseases
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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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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