quetiapine
Last reviewed 12/2021
- considered a broad-spectrum antipsychotic for first onset schizophrenia and acute relapse
- superior to haloperidol in treating negative and positive symptoms
- has a very weak (if any) propensity to produce extrapyrimidal side-effects or hyperprolactinoma
NICE guidance - the use of newer (atypical) antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia