‘Atypical’ antipsychotics: where does ziprasidone fit?

Abstract

Identified as the prototype of ‘atypicality’, clozapine heralded a new generation of antipsychotics intent on providing greater efficacy than ‘typical’ antipsychotics, while diminishing the risk of D2-related side effects such as extrapyramidal symptoms and hyperprolactinemia. Ziprasidone is the most recent in this new class of antipsychotics to enter the clinical market.

• atypical antipsychotics
• Geodon
• psychosis
• schizophrenia
• Zeldox
• ziprasidone