Posted by yxibow on March 17, 2009, at 6:02:48
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics? All the same?, posted by metric on March 16, 2009, at 20:27:10
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> Antipsychotics are inherently neurotoxic and useless as anxiolytics. I don't think they should be used chronically even in psychotic patients.
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> Antipsychotics dose-dependently eliminate the victims (I mean "patients") volition. Dysphoria is an expected consequence.
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> The only reason they're ever prescribed for anxiety is that they're non-scheduled...
This is such a vast generalization of neuroleptics I'm floored...They are with out much doubt among the only agents that bring life and peace to people with serious psychotic conditions. They have and still enable people with schizophrenia and other related disorders
People aren't "victims" and that does great disservice to people on this board whose suffering has been helped by APs.
As for off-label use, well that depends on the situation. I'm not going to argue that there are places that agents with less liability in AFFECTIVE disorder patients could be used first line before resorting to APs.
-- Jay
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