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Antipsychotics — NCLEX Cheat Sheet

Watch EPS & metabolic effects

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👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team 🕐 Updated 2026-07-11 🏷️ Pharmacological Therapies 🔖 Free to read, print, and share

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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Antipsychotics on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!

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Types

Key facts

Typical: haloperidol → ↑EPS risk
Atypical: -apine/-idone → metabolic
Block dopamine D2 receptors

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Eps

Key facts

Acute dystonia → give benztropine
Akathisia = restless pacing
Tardive dyskinesia = lip smacking

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Report

Notify / act now

NMS: high fever, rigid, ↑CK
Clozapine → agranulocytosis, monitor WBC

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Teach

Teaching points

Rise slowly → orthostatic ↓BP
Weight, glucose, lipids checks

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Quick Tip

Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) include acute dystonia, akathisia (restlessness), pseudoparkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia (often irreversible involuntary movements).

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