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What can occur to someone taking antipsychotics when they didn't actually need them?
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The same side effect: As people who need them.
Answered 12/12/2013
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No benefit. All risk: Antipsychotics are worth the risk when you have certain severe psychiatric conditions. If you take them w/o having one of these psychiatric conditions, you are still likely to experience the s/e, but w/o any benefit.
Answered 11/28/2017
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