When using the atypical antipsychotic clozapine (Clozaril) , it is important to monitor the
A) patients' white blood cell count for evidence of agranulocytosis
B) patients for evidence of tardive dyskinesia
C) patients for evidence of pseudoparkinsonism symptoms
D) patients' weight
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Q26: Risperidone (Risperdal), at low, clinically effective doses
Q27: When antipsychotics are taken chronically, tolerance develops
A)to
Q28: Anxiolytics (minor tranquilizers) and antipsychotics (major tranquilizers)
Q29: If a drug blocks dopamine receptors and
Q30: With respect to the hypothesis that schizophrenia
Q32: Clozapine (Clozaril) is most likely going to
Q33: Once their symptoms are in remission with
Q34: Ceasing antipsychotic drug treatment would be least
Q35: Because their pharmacological profiles are so similar,
Q36: Conventional antipsychotic drugs
A)block dopamine postsynaptic receptors
B)block dopamine
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