Posted by linkadge on December 31, 2005, at 12:20:44
In reply to Re: I'm scared of Antipsychotics. » med_empowered, posted by yxibow on December 31, 2005, at 1:06:14
I just don't think it makes sence for us to compare a drug that has been around for a few years to a drug that has been around for decades, and say that the newer one is safer.
I don't think we will have a full understanding of the true risk of TD with the atypicals till many years down the road.
The atypicals also may do a much better job at masking movement related neurological problems due to the fact that the serotonin blockade will independantly provides symptomatic releif from TD. That doesn't mean that they are not likewise creating a underlying condition.
When you get a study released these days to compare TD in older vs. newer drugs, there will be an extreme bias towards showing less TD in the newer, since in other respects (ie. efficacy), the newer drugs may not be all that much better.
It bothered me that they turned "A Beautiful Mind" into a commercial for atypical antipsychotics, since Nash probably only used drugs for a 2-3 years. I think he said that he never used antipsychotics after 1973.
There are people who feel more comfortable taking their atpyical antipsychotics based on how the movie lauded them. Thats wrong.
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