<prompt> A19 year old boy suffering from chronic schizophrenia is put on haloperidol in the dose of 20 mgday. A week after the initiation of medication the patient shows restlessness, fidgety, irritability and cannot sit still at one place. The most appropriate treatment strategy is -Increase in the dose of haloperidolAddition of anticholinergic drugAddtion of beta blockerAdding another antipsychotic drug  <response>: Ans: C Akathasia is the complication. Its the most common extrapyramidal side effect to develop due to use of antipsychotics. it appears within hoursto weeks of starting anti psychotics. Doc is propranolol. 