Management of tardive syndromes with clozapine: A case series
β Scribed by Grover, Sandeep; Hazari, Nandita; Kate, Natasha; Chakraborty, Kaustav; Sharma, Akhilesh; Singh, Dharmendra; Gupta, Jyoti; Lahariya, Sanjay
- Book ID
- 122502951
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1876-2018
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## Abstract We report a patient with severe axial tardive dystonia who has had dramatic improvement for 4 years after treatment with the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine (625 mg/day). Clozapine differs from conventional neuroleptics in that it has higher affinity for D1 and lower affinity for
## Abstract Among the tardive dyskinesia syndromes, dystonia can be the most difficult to treat. It may be severe to the point of being disabling, yet the patients may require antipsychotic medications for an even more disabling psychosis. Clozapine, an atypical neuroleptic drug that lacks extrapyr