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Under What Circumstances Would You Recommend Chlorpromazine And Risperidone?
Question: Under what circumstances would you recoomend Chlorpromazine and Resperidone?
Hi
Both Chloropromazine (CPZ) and Risperidone (R) are antipsychotics.
CPZ is older one R is a newer one
These drugs are primarily prescribed in conditions like Schizophrenia, Psychosis. But, can also be used in Psychotic depression, delirium, dementia with BPSD, borderline personality disorder etc.
Hope this answer your question partly
Both Chloropromazine (CPZ) and Risperidone (R) are antipsychotics.
CPZ is older one R is a newer one
These drugs are primarily prescribed in conditions like Schizophrenia, Psychosis. But, can also be used in Psychotic depression, delirium, dementia with BPSD, borderline personality disorder etc.
Hope this answer your question partly
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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