The tardive syndromes: Phenomenology, concepts on pathophysiology, & treatment

✍ Scribed by Stanley Fahn

• Book ID: 102508982
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 155 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.870070508

✦ Synopsis

The tardive dyskinesia syndromes are persistent dyskinesias caused by dru s that block dopamine rece tors, soc c e d dopamine receptor hocking agents .@RBA). dovement disorders in pabents who have never received such drugs do not have a tardive dyskinesia syndrome by definition. Although DRBA's can cause these disorders, do amine depleting drugs - reserpine, tetrabenazine and alphameti lparatyrosinehave not been demonstrated to cause tardive synJomes, nor has the atypical neuroleptic, clozapine. Although most DRBA's are marketed as anbpsychotic drugs, some are promoted for other medical ailments, such as gastrointestinal problems (e.g. metoclopramide), for depression e.g. amoxapine;