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Table 5 Antipsychotics prescribed within 30 days of NMS

From: Antipsychotic dose escalation as a trigger for Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS): literature review and case series report

Patient

Antipsychotics prescribed within 30 days of NMS

1

PRN Haloperidol

2

Risperidone & chlorpromazine

3

Olanzapine & PRN haloperidol

4

Quetiapine

5

Switched from clozapine to amisulpiride

6

Retitrated on clozapine & PRN haloperidol

7

Clozapine & amisulpiride combination treatment

 

Purposeful overdose of clozapine. All antipsychotic stopped.

 

Given sulpiride, haloperidol and accuphase

8

Olanzapine & PRN haloperidol

9

Switched from aripiprazole to risperidone & PRN chlorpromazine

10

Quetiapine & haloperidol

11

Risperidone

12

Quetiapine

13

Switched from olanzapine to amisulpiride