Minimizing Cardiovascular Adverse Effects of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Schizophrenia

Table 1

Cardiovascular side effects of second generation antipsychotics.

Drug	Orthostatic hypotension	Hypertension	Myocarditis	Torsades de pointes	Reflex tachycardia
Aripiprazole (Abilify)	X	X			X
Asenapine (Saphris)	X				X
Clozapine (Clozaril)	X	X	X*	X*	X
Iloperidone (Fanapt)	X				X
Lurasidone (Latuda)	X	X			X
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)	X				X
Paliperidone (Invega)	X				X
Quetiapine (Seroquel)	X			X*	X
Risperidone (Risperdal)	X			X*	X
Ziprasidone (Geodon)	X	X		X*	X

∗indicates that this side effect is “rare.”