A psychiatrist says, "I want to maximize the antipsychotic effect of a drug while minimizing its undesirable side effects." What's the BEST advice you can give the psychiatrist?
A) "Unfortunately, effective doses of conventional and atypical antipsychotic drugs both produce a lot of undesirable side effects."
B) "Fortunately, effective doses of both conventional and atypical antipsychotic drugs do not produce a lot of undesirable side effects."
C) "Use a conventional antipsychotic drug."
D) "Use an atypical antipsychotic drug."
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