Posted by ed_uk on February 18, 2006, at 12:27:51
In reply to Re: Barbiturates » ed_uk, posted by yxibow on February 18, 2006, at 1:36:43
Hi Yxi
>the one thing and I've mentioned this before, that they leave out of the report about atypicals vs old line drugs is the gobs of Cogentin that one has to take because they would be climbing the walls with akathisia
Akathisia doesn't necessarily occur if the dose is appropriate. Akathisia tends to occur when an excessively high proportion of D2 receptors are blocked by an inappropriately high dose.
I once took prochlorperazine (Compazine, Stemetil) and suffered no akathisia......the dose was low. I got bad akathisia with chlorpromazine (Thorazine, Largactil) at a high dose, but none whatsoever at a low dose.
Regards
Ed
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