Typical antipsychotics have largely been supplanted in recent years by a newer class of drug known asatypical antipsychotics.
Atypical antipsychotics were first introduced in the 1990s and generally have fewer side effects than their predecessors.
However, evidence suggests that atypical antipsychotics are not as unencumbered by side effects as once believed.
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In fact, they are more likely to cause key in 2 diabetes and weight gain.
Approved Typical Antipsychotics
Typical antipsychotics were first developed in the 1950s to treat psychosis.
In the end, typical antipsychotics are not one-size-fits-all.
Overall, EPS will affect three in five typical antipsychotic users to some degree.
By contrast, atypical antipsychotics will cause EPS in one in four users.
They extended this warning to typical antipsychotic medications in 2008.
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