Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive Dyskinesia: Introduction

Tardive Dyskinesia: Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric ... more about Tardive Dyskinesia.

Tardive Dyskinesia: The toxic neurological side effects of neuroleptic drugs that have been used long term. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tardive Dyskinesia is available below.

Symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia

• Involuntary movements - repetitive and purposeless
• Jaw movements
• Chewing-like movements
• Facial grimacing
• Tongue movements
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Tardive Dyskinesia

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Tardive Dyskinesia

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Rare Types

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Causes of Tardive Dyskinesia

• Haloperidol
• Trifluperidol
• Chlorpromazine
• Pipothiazine
• Perazine
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See full list of 6 causes of Tardive Dyskinesia

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Treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia

• Discontinue neuroleptic drug
• Substituting another drug for the neuroleptic drug
• Benzodiazepines
• Adrenergic antagonists
• Dopamine agonists
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Tardive Dyskinesia

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• Reduction in neuroleptic-induced movement disorders after a switch to quetiapine in patients with schizophrenia
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Prognosis for Tardive Dyskinesia

Prognosis for Tardive Dyskinesia: symptoms may persist for a long time after the drugs have been discontinued

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Article Excerpts about Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric disorders, as well as for some gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Tardive Dyskinesia:

Involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Tardive Dyskinesia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Tardive Dyskinesia, or a subtype of Tardive Dyskinesia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Tardive Dyskinesia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet