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How do antipsychotic medications work?
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Dopamine blockade: Antipsychotics can work on various neurotransmitters in the brain, but the most frequent mechanism of action is to block brain dopamine receptors. Different medications impact different receptor subtypes and lead to varying effects.
Answered 11/29/2014
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Antipsychotics: Antipsychotics help reduce the excess levels of dopamine which are found with Schizophrenia & other psychotic disorders. They do this by binding to dopamine receptors.
Answered 1/11/2021
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