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Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs.

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Diamond, JM; Santos, AB
Published in: Am Fam Physician
October 1982

Phenothiazines have been responsible for pigmentary changes in the skin (phototoxic reaction) and for pigment deposits in the cornea, lens and retina, which can result in blindness. Reversible agranulocytosis has also been reported with these agents. Psychotic exacerbation, including a form responsive to antiparkinsonian agents, may occur with high-potency antipsychotic drugs. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, usually following high-dose therapy in young men, is a disorder of thermoregulatory mechanisms.

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Am Fam Physician

ISSN

0002-838X

Publication Date

October 1982

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

153 / 157

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Syndrome
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced
  • Pigmentation Disorders
  • Photosensitivity Disorders
  • Phenothiazines
  • Muscle Rigidity
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Eye Diseases
 

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Diamond, J. M., & Santos, A. B. (1982). Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs. Am Fam Physician, 26(4), 153–157.
Diamond, J. M., and A. B. Santos. “Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs.Am Fam Physician 26, no. 4 (October 1982): 153–57.
Diamond JM, Santos AB. Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs. Am Fam Physician. 1982 Oct;26(4):153–7.
Diamond, J. M., and A. B. Santos. “Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs.Am Fam Physician, vol. 26, no. 4, Oct. 1982, pp. 153–57.
Diamond JM, Santos AB. Unusual complications of antipsychotic drugs. Am Fam Physician. 1982 Oct;26(4):153–157.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am Fam Physician

ISSN

0002-838X

Publication Date

October 1982

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

153 / 157

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Syndrome
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced
  • Pigmentation Disorders
  • Photosensitivity Disorders
  • Phenothiazines
  • Muscle Rigidity
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Eye Diseases