A19 year old boy suffering from chronic schizophrenia is put on haloperidol in the dose of 20 mg/day. A week after the initiation of medication the patient shows restlessness, fidgety, irritability and cannot sit still at one place. The most appropriate treatment strategy is -: (A) Increase in the dose of haloperidol, (B) Addition of anticholinergic drug, (C) Addtion of beta blocker, (D) Adding another antipsychotic drug
Answer is C. Ans: C Akathasia is the complication. It's the most common extrapyramidal side effect to develop due to use of antipsychotics. it appears within hoursto weeks of starting anti psychotics. Doc is propranolol.