A 24-Year-Old Man Is Hospitalized After a Violent Episode in Which

A 24-year-old man is hospitalized after a violent episode in which he destroyed his television with a baseball bat.  Over the past year, the patient was convinced that people on television were monitoring his thoughts and movements and that certain newscasters were laughing at him.  At night, he was unable to sleep and reported hearing the voices of demons threatening to kill him.  The patient was diagnosed with schizophrenia and initially treated with chlorpromazine.  He now is reluctant to take the medication, saying, "I don't like how it makes me feel."  His medication is subsequently changed to fluphenazine.  Compared to the patient's initial treatment, fluphenazine is more likely to cause which of the following?

A) Constipation
B) Dizziness
C) Dry mouth
D) Hyperglycemia
E) Muscular rigidity
F) Sedation
G) Urinary retention

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