Abruptly stopping antipsychotic medications can cause severe psychotic episodes, aggression, hospitalization, or death. — Whalespan
Abruptly stopping antipsychotic medications can cause severe psychotic episodes, aggression, hospitalization, or death.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Horrible. And it's a huge challenge in our field because a lot of patients don't want to take them. And then you get these rebound effects. If patients are on them for several months, and then they stop them cold turkey, they can get wildly psychotic and ill, end up aggressive or hospitalized or sometimes dead.”