When first-generation antipsychotic drugs are used today, clinicians typically do all of the following EXCEPT:
A) increase the dosage of a drug when patients do not improve.
B) prescribe an additional antipsychotic drug to produce a synergistic effect.
C) prescribe drugs that remedy the side effects of the antipsychotic drug.
D) gradually reduce medications after patients have established normal functioning.
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