Explore Antipsychotic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like tranquilliser or tranquilizer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Antipsychotic meaning
Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
Synonyms of Antipsychotic
Using Antipsychotic
- The main meaning on this page is: Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
- Useful related words include: major tranquilizer, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, antianxiety agent.
- In the example corpus, antipsychotic often appears in combinations such as: antipsychotic drugs, of antipsychotic, atypical antipsychotic.
Context around Antipsychotic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antipsychotic
- In this selection, "antipsychotic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, atypical, newer, conventional, medication, drug and drugs stand out and add context to how "antipsychotic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a conventional antipsychotic alone has and a newer antipsychotic which for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antipsychotic" sits close to words such as aau, acme and aggravate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antipsychotic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Weight gain is kicked to the curb in antipsychotic. (9 words)
She was also prescribed a daily dose of the antipsychotic olanzapine. (11 words)
Two of these patients developed diabetes after being placed on antipsychotic medication. (12 words)
The researchers found a 45 percent relative increase in mortality risk for those initiating a newer antipsychotic, which for the study cohort translated to one additional death for every 265 people taking the antipsychotic for one year. (37 words)
It is used off-label as a second-line treatment for bipolar disorder and in combination with an antipsychotic in some cases of schizophrenia when treatment with a conventional antipsychotic alone has failed. (33 words)
Martin said he wanted to put Allen on Haldol (Haloperidol), an antipsychotic drug commonly used to treat schizophrenia, but Allen’s mental state was such that he could not consent to treatment. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The researchers found a 45 percent relative increase in mortality risk for those initiating a newer antipsychotic, which for the study cohort translated to one additional death for every 265 people taking the antipsychotic for one year.
Antipsychotic and atypical antipsychotic medication may also be utilized to treat the illness if the symptoms are severe and cause significant distress.
It is used off-label as a second-line treatment for bipolar disorder and in combination with an antipsychotic in some cases of schizophrenia when treatment with a conventional antipsychotic alone has failed.
In addition, a 2018 found that CBD has antipsychotic benefits and may result in reduced depression related to stress.
It usually occurs within the first two weeks of using an antipsychotic drug, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Some antipsychotic medications can leave sufferers with extremely painful erections that last hours, while drugs to treat Parkinson's have been linked to compulsive gambling.
The law has a soft name but is meant to broadly expand the use of court-ordered treatment, with antipsychotic drugs an essential element in the program.
The researchers said that the findings of their study should be taken into account by doctors when prescribing antipsychotic drugs.
Two of these patients developed diabetes after being placed on antipsychotic medication.
Doctors there might not know the patient already has a long-acting dose of antipsychotic medication in their body, and might give them another dose.
Martin said he wanted to put Allen on Haldol (Haloperidol), an antipsychotic drug commonly used to treat schizophrenia, but Allen’s mental state was such that he could not consent to treatment.
Weight gain is kicked to the curb in antipsychotic.
She said after he became "agitated," she gave him Haldol, an antipsychotic medication.
A four-drug combination of Bedaquiline, Clofazimine, Pretomanid and the antipsychotic drug Thioridazine.
After Mr Naudi was given an antipsychotic drug and a sedative, another doctor noticed he was "very quiet" and didn't appear to be moving.
At first glance it may seem crazy to use a medicine, especially something as powerful as an atypical antipsychotic, for a condition for which the drug has not been approved.
Recently, he had received a list of 328 drugs that he was not supposed to stock, including Sulpitac, an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia.
She was also prescribed a daily dose of the antipsychotic olanzapine.
Then there’s her Fact Squad website, which is still live, still assuring the curious that Warren has not taken the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
There's evidence, including anecdotal evidence of my own, that suggests that CBD is effective as an antipsychotic, which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of psychoactive.
Common combinations with antipsychotic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- antipsychotic drugs 15×
- of antipsychotic 11×
- atypical antipsychotic 10×
- an antipsychotic 10×
- antipsychotic medication 9×
- antipsychotic drug 7×
- the antipsychotic 6×
- antipsychotic and 3×
- antipsychotic medications 3×
- with antipsychotic 3×