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Psychiatry Pharmacotherapy Management of Children and Adolescents 93638f2d

A19 year old boy suffering from chronic schizophrenia is put on haloperidol in the dose of 20 mg/day. A week after the initiation of medication the patient shows restlessness, fidgety, irritability and cannot sit still at one place. The most appropriate treatment strategy is -

A
Increase in the dose of haloperidol
B
Addition of anticholinergic drug
C
Addtion of beta blocker
D
Adding another antipsychotic drug
High-Yield Explanation
Ans: C Akathasia is the complication. It's the most common extrapyramidal side effect to develop due to use of antipsychotics. it appears within hoursto weeks of starting anti psychotics. Doc is propranolol.

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