An outpatient at the mental health clinic has been taking his prescription antipsychotic drug for several weeks. This week the psychiatrist ordered another drug, Cogentin, that needs to be taken with the antipsychotic drug. Why was this drug prescribed?
A) The patient has recently developed anxiety symptoms.
B) The patient has developed extrapyramidal symptoms that need to be minimized.
C) The new drug works as a booster to increase the effectiveness of the antipsychotic drug.
D) The new drug will counter the effects of the antipsychotic drug on the patient's white blood count.
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