A woman taking haloperidol develops a spectrum of adverse effects that include the amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome and extrapyramidal dysfunction. Her psychiatrist prescribes a newer antipsychotic drug that improves both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia with fewer dopamine receptor blockade side effects. Since weekly blood tests are not deemed necessary, the drug prescribed by the psychiatrist is probably

A woman taking haloperidol develops a spectrum of adverse effects that include the amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome and extrapyramidal dysfunction. Her psychiatrist prescribes a newer antipsychotic drug that improves both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia with fewer dopamine receptor blockade side effects. Since weekly blood tests are not deemed necessary, the drug prescribed by the psychiatrist is probably

Parenteral calcium is used as an antidote for which of the following situations?

Match each description of a β-blocker with the most appropriate β-adrenergic blocking agent.

The brief duration of action of an ultra-short acting barbiturate is due to

Reflex tachycardia, headache, and postural hypotension are adverse effects that limit the use of which of the following antihypertensive agents?