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Volume 1, Issue 2
1 May 1999
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The British Journal of Forensic Practice
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Review Article| May 01 1999

The Use of ‘As required’ Antimuscarinic Medication for the Treatment of Antipsychotic Drug Induced Side‐effects

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Luke Birmingham
Forensic Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
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Norman McClelland
Forensic Nursing, Reaside Clinic, Birmingham
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Caroline Bradley
Forensic Psychiatry, Reaside Clinic, Birmingham
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8340
Print ISSN: 1463-6646
© MCB UP Limited
1999
The British Journal of Forensic Practice (1999) 1 (2): 11–15.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646199900010

This study investigates the prescription of antimuscarinic medication and the opinions of qualified psychiatric nursing staff regarding the use of ‘as required’ antimuscarinic drugs at a large secure psychiatric unit. No instances of inappropriate prescribing of antimuscarinic agents were found.

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