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Medication Information

Common Medications
Over the years many people suffered from emotional problems that defied treatment. In the last fifty years a series of pharmacologic discoveries have shown that many emotional problems have a biochemical basis and that with the use of proper medications many of these conditions can be controlled.
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Side Effects
Many people who take psychiatric medicines have side effects, especially during the first few weeks of treatment. Almost all of the side effects listed below are temporary; the body adjusts to the side effects so well that they disappear on their own after a few days or weeks. A few are more persistent. Some people who take psychiatric medicines never have any side effects of any kind.
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Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric disorders, as well as for some gastrointestinal and neurological disorders.
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