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Table 5 Antipsychotics causatives of NMS

From: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: clinical expression, complication, course, and atypical clinical picture

Antipsychotics

% (n)

First-generation antipsychotics

88 (22)

Haloperidol

88 (22)

Phenothiazine

88 (22)

Second-generation antipsychotics

12 (3)

Amisulpride

8 (2)

Risperidone

4 (1)

Injectable form

52 (13)

Oral administration

48 (12)