For the past 70 years, schizophrenia treatments all targeted the same chemical: dopamine. While that works for some, it causes brutal side effects for others. An antipsychotic drug approved last month by the FDA changes that. It triggers muscarinic receptors instead of dopamine receptors. The drug is the result of a chance scientific finding ... from a study that wasn't even focused on schizophrenia. Host
Emily Kwong and NPR pharmaceutical correspondent
Sydney Lupkin dive into where the drug originated, how it works and what it might shift for people with schizophrenia.
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