Example sentences for: antipsychotic

How can you use “antipsychotic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Behavioral disturbances are common amongst patients with Alzheimer's disease [ 18 ] and antipsychotic medications were prescribed for about one-quarter of the patients in our study.

  • This is consistent with other studies, which found that patients using antipsychotic agents [ 19 ] or displaying psychotic symptoms [ 1 19 20 21 ] are more likely to experience a faster functional decline.

  • Antipsychotic medication was prescribed to 26% of the patients and they too had DAD scores lower than patients not prescribed antipsychotic medication (64% vs. 72%, t-test, p-value < 0.001).

  • Olanzapine is a newer atypical antipsychotic agent with a pharmacological profile very similar to that of clozapine [ 11 ] . In human brain tissue, olanzapine displays very high affinity for the H1 histamine receptor, high affinity for 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors [ 12 ] . In addition it also shows affinity for D2, muscarinic, and alpha1 receptors, with lower affinity for alpha2, 5-HT1D and 5-HT1A receptors (Table 1 [ 12 ] ).

  • A one-point difference of the ADAS-cog score was associated with an increase in the adjusted odds for requiring >12 hours supervision per day of 4% (95% CI 3-5) and for dependence level > = 3 of 8% (95% CI 6-9), after adjusting for age, gender and use of antipsychotic medication.


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