(1) Judicious doses of neuroleptic medication may be required if hallucinations occur.(2) The prolonged use of neuroleptic drugs (major tranquillizers) can produce movement disorders, including tremors, tics, and smacking of the lips.(3) A number of the older tricyclic antidepressants, typical neuroleptic medications and, more recently, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been trialed in eating disorders.(4) In these patients, neuroleptic drug use triples mortality, primarily secondary to severe functional decline.(5) Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, not sedatives.(6) Tics generally do not by themselves require treatment, but may respond to neuroleptics , benzodiazepines, or SSRIs.(7) In practice, however, drugs such as neuroleptics and other sedatives are often prescribed in an attempt to control what can be an alarming situation.(8) In this respect, treatment strategies that minimise the risk of side effects, such as the use of low dose typical neuroleptics or atypical antipsychotic drugs, may be a rational choice for the first episode.(9) The drugs used for schizophrenia are antipsychotics or neuroleptics (major tranquillizers).(10) Other agents, such as lithium, neuroleptics , trazadone and benzodiazepines, have not proved effective.
