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CNS effects

Nursing Interventions/side effects

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AKATHISIA USUALLY DEVELOPS WITHIN THE FIRST 2 MONTHS CLIENT EXPERIENCES AN UNCONTROLLABLE NEED TO MOVE OCCURS MOST OFTEN WITH HIGH POTENCY ANTIPSYCHOTICS TREATMENT IS USUALLY WITH BETA-BLOCKERS BENZODIAZEPINES AND ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUGS
DYSTONIAS USUALLY OCCUR EARLY AND ARE DANGEROUS AND SEVERE OCULOGYRIC OR TORTICOLLIS ARE MOST COMMON (SPASAM/STIFFNESS OF NECK) ANTIPARKINSON OR ANTIHISTAMINE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY
DRUG-INDUCED PARKINSONISM CHRONIC DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY A FINE SLOW SPREADING TREMOR MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND RIGIDITY.
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA (TD) DEVELOPS IN 15-20% OF CLIENTS DURING LONG TERM THERAPY SYMPTOMS ARE IRREVERSIBLE ASSESS FOR SIGNS USING THE ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE (AIMS)
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME FATAL SIDE EFFECT OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MED ENCOURAGE ADEQUATE WATER INTAKE TAKE CLIENTS TEMP ASSESS FOR REGIDITY, TREMOR, AND SIMILAR SYMPTOMS
SEIZURES OCCUR IN 1% OF CLIENTS TAKING ANGIPSYCHOTIC MED CLOZAPINE CAUSES A HIGHER RATE DOSAGES OF CLOZAPINE GREATER THEN 600 MG/DAY EEG SHOULD BE PERFORMED IF SEIZURE OCCURS IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO DISCONTINUE CLOZAPINE
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