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neuroleptic
(redirected from neuroleptic malignant syndrome)

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neuroleptic [‚nu̇r·ō′lep·tik]
(pharmacology)
A drug that is useful in the treatment of mental disorders, especially psychoses.
Pertaining to the actions of such a drug.


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2% of people who take neuroleptics contract neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Side effects include insomnia, anorexia, dependence, tolerance, liver dysfunction and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (MIMS 2004).
In fact, astronomical levels of creatine kinase are indicative of injuries, rhabdodomyolysis, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, myositis, malignant hypethermia, McLeod syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and hypothyroidism.
 
 
 
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