A client has taken a number of conventional and standard antipsychotic drugs over the years. The
physician, concerned about the client's lack of response to these drugs and the development of
tardive dyskinesia, has prescribed risperidone.
The nurse planning care for the client must consider
that atypical antipsychotics
a. are more readily available.
b. are of higher potency.
c. are less costly.
d. produce fewer motor side effects.
ANS: D
Atypical antipsychotic drugs often exert their action on the limbic system rather than the basal
ganglia. The limbic system is not involved in motor disturbances. Option A: These drugs are not
more readily available. Option B: These drugs are not considered to be of higher potency; rather,
they have different modes of action. Option C: The atypical antipsychotic drugs tend to be more
expensive.
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