Three potentially fatal adverse effects of psychotropic medications

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2003 Apr-Jun;39(2):75-81.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agranulocytosis / chemically induced*
  • Agranulocytosis / mortality
  • Agranulocytosis / prevention & control
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Clozapine / adverse effects*
  • Dopamine / physiology
  • Dopamine Antagonists / adverse effects
  • Drug Monitoring / methods
  • Drug Monitoring / nursing
  • Humans
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / etiology*
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / mortality
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / prevention & control
  • Nurse's Role
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Patient Selection
  • Psychiatric Nursing / methods
  • Psychotropic Drugs / adverse effects*
  • Risk Factors
  • Serotonin / physiology
  • Serotonin Antagonists / adverse effects
  • Serotonin Syndrome / etiology*
  • Serotonin Syndrome / mortality
  • Serotonin Syndrome / prevention & control

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Dopamine Antagonists
  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • Serotonin
  • Clozapine
  • Dopamine