The nurse manager on the psychiatric unit was explaining to the new staff the differences be-tween typical and atypical antipsychotics. She correctly stated that atypical antipsychotics:
1. Remain in the system longer
2. Act more quickly to reduce delusions
3. Produce fewer extrapyramidal effects
4. Are risk free for neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
ANS: 3
Atypical antipsychotics produce less D2 blockade; thus movement disorders are less of a problem. Options 1 and 2: No evidence suggests this. Option 4: The atypicals are not risk-free for NMS.
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