•*timeline = year
that the drug was invented or first used
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•1st generation drugs 1950 to 1960s
• Thorazine, Haldol,
*Clozaril
•2nd generation drugs 1970 to 1990s
• Risperdal, Zyprexa,
Seroquel, Geodon
•3rd generation drugs 2000 to 2010
• Abilify
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•*Invented in 1958,
clozapine was introduced in Europe in the early
•1960s. It did not gain FDA approval in the U.S.A.
until 1989. Partly for this
•reason, American
physicians refer to it as a “second generation” drug.
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