786. Serotonin syndrome symptoms include agitation, confusion, disorientation, and hallucination.
787. Avoid taking MAOIs with cheese, wine, preserved meet (tyramine), or with drugs like barbiturates, TCAs, CNS depressants, antihypertensives, and OTC cold medications, because it may increase the blood pressure to a very high level.
788. Extra-pyramidal symptoms are tardive dyskinesia, acute dystonia, akathisia, and parkinsonism.
789. Haloperidol is used in schizophrenia, acute psychosis, Tourette's syndrome, tics, and uncontrolled body movements.
790. Tardive dyskinesia is the twisting movement of the face and tongue, and lips smacking.
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