Antipsychotic: Side Effects

Anticholinergic effects	Weight gain
Nausea; gastrointestinal upset	Hyperglycemia/diabetes
Skin rash	Increased risk of mortality in elderly clients with dementia
Sedation	Reduction in seizure threshold
Orthostatic hypotension	Agranulocytosis
Photosensitivity	Extrapyramidal symptoms
Hormonal effects	Tardive dyskinesia
Electrocardiogram changes	Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Hypersalivation	Weight gain

Antipsychotics: Extrapyramidal symptoms

Pseudoparkinsonism
Akinesia
Akathisia
Dystonia
Oculogyric crisis
- Antiparkinsonian agents may be prescribed to counteract E P S.

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