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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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Is Acetophenazine is a first-generation antipsychotic drug?

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Antipsychotic drugs are pharmacological drugs used for treating psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder, or schizoaffective disorder. The two broad categories of antipsychotic medications are:

First-generation antipsychotics or typical antipsychotics were widely prescribed for treatment in the 1950s. This class of drugs effectively reduces positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. The limitation of these drugs is that it induces severe extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) or movement disorders.
Second-generation antipsychotics, also referred to as atypical antipsychotics, are effective for both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. It produces fewer EPS symptoms than first-generation antipsychotics.