schizophrenia
The negative symptoms, such as blunted emotion and lost motivation, often shape daily life more than the hallucinations the illness is known for.
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Damping dopamine quiets hallucinations and delusions, but the same block reaches movement and hormone pathways, which is where the side effects begin.
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Breathing runs automatically because this muscle answers a signal from the phrenic nerves, which arise high in the neck.
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Fluphenazine is a first generation antipsychotic medication used mainly to manage schizophrenia and other conditions involving psychosis.
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Paranoia describes a pervasive pattern of unwarranted suspicion and distrust of others, ranging from a personality trait to a symptom of psychiatric illness.
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Prolixin is a brand name for a first generation antipsychotic medication used mainly to treat schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.
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A drug used to treat tuberculosis.
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Its usefulness and its drawbacks come from the same source, a drug that acts on many receptor systems rather than one.
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