Mind Springs Health offers treatment for Schizophrenia at our offices throughout the western slope.
Typically, schizophrenia is treated with antipsychotic medications. When the older medications such as mellaril, prolizin, trilafon and thorazine are used for an extended period of time a sometimes-permanent condition called tardive dyskinesia can result. Symptoms may include involuntary movements of face, mouth, tongue or limbs. Stopping the medication may cause the symptoms to disappear in some but not all. Medications can treat the side effects but not the tardive dyskinesia.
There is a new generation of antipsychotic medications which have very little risk of tardive dyskinesia including Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Clozaril.
Learn how to make the first appointment below and start getting the treatment you or a loved one needs.