Neuroleptic-induced hyperprolactinemia (NIHP) has been acost'of traditional antipsychotic
therapy. Because all of the traditional neuroleptics are capable of elevating serum prolactin …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the available literature regarding the safety of atypical
antipsychotics in pregnancy and lactation in order to recommend evidence-based strategies …

Background: A substantial number of women of childbearing age suffer from schizophrenia
and other mental illnesses that require the use of antipsychotic drugs. Atypical …

Neuroleptic-induced hyperprolactinemia can cause menstrual disorders, impaired fertility,
galactorrhea, and sexual dysfunction, as well as hypoestrogenism secondary to disruption of …

The authors describe the case of a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who
became pregnant after switching from conventional neuroleptic medications to clozapine, an …

Despite the traditional notion that pregnancy is a time of joy and emotional well being,
evidence suggests that it does not protect women against mental illness. Untreated mental …

The novel antipsychotic medications, or second-generation antipsychotic medications—
clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone—have been gaining wide …

As a colleague in family practice writes," Often the family physician has to deal with lack of
cooperation from patients [with schizophrenia] when they are asked to use common forms of …

Because clinical experience indicates that the principal goal of both patient and clinician is
to minimize potentially harmful offspring exposure, we propose in this chapter a rational …

It should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest time in a woman's life. But for many
women, the joys of pregnancy are clouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. And …