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Wed 13 Nov, 2002 06:47 am
Why is Prozac considered to be a neuroleptic drug?
Dunno, why don't you tell us (since this smells like a trivia Q)?
Prozac?
I don't know myself. I thought that neuroleptics were used for the treatment of psychosis and not depression. Prozac is usually used for treating depression.
Hmm, well the last time I searched for ya I didn't get many answers that were helpful. I'm gonna pass the buck on this one.
According to psy.web, "Neuroleptic drugs are used to reduce the intensity and frequency of psychotic symptoms."- Therefore, anti depressives are not in this category!
Neuroleptics
I noticed on a google answer, that prozac was referred to as a neuroleptic drug. That answer couldn't be right, because, as Phoenix has pointed out, neuroleptics are used for psychotics and depression is NOT a psychosis.
New Haven- Well, mood disorders are a bit complicated. In severely deptessed individuals, there may be auditory hallucinations, and even catatonia. The hallucinations usually relate to the depressive mood.
New Haven,
Major Depression CAN be a psychosis.
It may be mood-incongruent, too, as thought insertion,delusions of control,thought broadcasting,etc.
It is not ALWAYS related to the depressed mood.
Phoenix - that sounds so familiar! Very much like something I heard in university a coupla decades ago.
Schizophrenia vs depression?
Psychotics can be depressed, but depression is not their major mental health ailment.
Re: Neuroleptic Drugs
New Haven wrote:Why is Prozac considered to be a neuroleptic drug?
Its not really, but as atypical Neuroleptic drugs also act on serotonin receptors (particulrly 5HT2A,C and 5HT1A) , as well as D2 neuroreceptors, so it could be sort of thought to be related to neuroleptic drugs as an SSRI.
hope that helps. Pixie
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