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Antipsychotic adverse effects

Published March 2021 (Amended February 2025)

  • Overview of antipsychotic adverse effects
  • Anticholinergic adverse effects of antipsychotics
  • Cardiometabolic adverse effects of antipsychotics
  • Extrapyramidal adverse effects of antipsychotics
  • Hyperprolactinaemia caused by antipsychotics
  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome caused by antipsychotics
  • Orthostatic hypotension caused by antipsychotics
  • QT-interval prolongation caused by antipsychotics
  • Sedation caused by antipsychotics
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