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Improvement of tardive dyskinesia following switch from neuroleptics to olanzapine.

AbstractThe authors report two cases of schizophrenia in which olanzapine proved to be an efficacious antipsychotic medication associated with the remission of movement disorder.
AuthorsLefteris Lykouras, Elias Agelopoulos, Elias Tzavellas (Affiliation: Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Greece. gnchrist at compulink.gr)
JournalProgress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry (Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry) Vol. 26 Issue 4 Pg. 815-7 (May 2002) ISSN: 0278-5846 England
PMID12188112 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Benzodiazepines
  • olanzapine
  • Pirenzepine
Topics
  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced (drug therapy, psychology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pirenzepine (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)