A patient is experiencing extrapyramidal side effects from his antipsychotic medications.The clinician would most likely take which of the following approaches to treating these side effects?
A) Give the patient a "drug holiday" until the symptoms resolve and then restart the medication.
B) Switch the patient to a different antipsychotic.
C) Treat the patient with anticholinergics.
D) Treat the patient with anticonvulsants.
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