Tardive dyskinesia: treatment
Evidence-based neurology checklist on tardive dyskinesia: treatment: Prevention Avoid provoking drugs if possible Prescribe the lowest drug dose required Taper the dose at the earliest sign of dyskinesia: do not stop abruptly Use or switch to atypical neuroleptics Evidenced drug treatments…
Prevention
- Avoid provoking drugs if possible
- Prescribe the lowest drug dose required
- Taper the dose at the earliest sign of dyskinesia: do not stop abruptly
Use or switch to atypical neuroleptics
Evidenced drug treatments
Insufficient-evidenced drug treatments
Novel drug treatments
Insufficient-evidenced non-drug treatments
Contraindicated drug treatments
References
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- Glazer WM, Morgenstern H, Schooler N, Berkman CS, Moore DC. Predictors of improvement in tardive dyskinesia following discontinuation of neuroleptic medication. Br J Psychiatry 1990; 157:585–592.
- Waln O, Jankovic J. An update on tardive dyskinesia: from phenomenology to treatment. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2013; 3: tre-03-161-4138-1.
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