The nurse manager on the psychiatric unit was explaining to the new staff the differences between typical and atypical antipsychotics. The nurse correctly states that atypical anti-psychotics:
a. Remain in the system longer
b. Act more quickly to reduce delusions
c. Produce fewer extrapyramidal effects
d. Are risk free for neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
ANS: C
Atypical antipsychotics produce less D2 blockade; thus movement disorders are less of a problem. No evidence suggests that the medication remains in the system longer nor that it acts more quickly to reduce delusions. The atypicals are not risk free for NMS.
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