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A recent study of the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotics drugs found thatA. atypicals are much more effective than the conventional drugsB. these drugs are very effective for over 90 percent of schizophrenic patientsC. there is a tolerance to the beneficial effects and doses must be increased after six weeksD. three-fourths of the patients stopped taking their medication within 18 months
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