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Question #5 - bat21 - ArchivalUser - 11-19-2007
¢A 64-year-old female is hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. The medications that she is prescribed cause some immediate adverse effects, but she tolerates them and continues to be compliant. A few years pass and she begins to develop neurologic abnormalities. These include involuntary, repetitive movement of the lips and tongue, as well as of her trunk and extremities. Which of the following medications should now be prescribed to this patient?
A. Chlorpromazine
B. Clozapine
C. Fluphenazine
D. Haloperidol
E. Metoclopramide
F. Thioridazine
0 - ArchivalUser - 11-19-2007
Answer is D
0 - ArchivalUser - 11-19-2007
BBB.tardive dyskinesia
0 - ArchivalUser - 11-19-2007
..B
0 - ArchivalUser - 11-19-2007
of course BBBB.......beesweet67 thats the medications that cause the TD