Definition:
Atypical Antipsychotics are so called because they are chemically different from and have different side effects than the older antipsychotic medications. "Atypical" really isn't a good description of this group of drugs, since it leaves no room to describe any future medicines that might be developed and belong to a third group.
Atypical Antipsychotics are so called because they are chemically different from and have different side effects than the older antipsychotic medications. "Atypical" really isn't a good description of this group of drugs, since it leaves no room to describe any future medicines that might be developed and belong to a third group.
Atypical antipsychotics include:
- Abilify / aripiprazole
- Clozaril / clozapine (full list of black box warnings for Clozaril)
- Geodon / ziprasidone
- Invega / paliperidone
- Risperdal / risperidone
- Seroquel / quetiapine
- Symbyax / olanzapine (Zyprexa) plus fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Zyprexa / olanzapine
