Question 40 · LEK · Antipsychotics
Amenorrhea occurred in a 25-year-old patient with schizophrenia when the pharmacotherapy was started. She was most probably treated with:
- A. olanzapine.
- B. quetiapine.
- C. ziprasidone.
- D. risperidone.
- E. aripiprazole.
Hint
Amenorrhoea on an antipsychotic suggests a hormonal effect of D2 blockade in the tuberoinfundibular pathway.
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