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Treatment of tardive akathisia with clonidine.

Abstract
Two cases of tardive akathisia, which were misdiagnosed as anxiety originating from a schizophrenic disorder, had been treated with anxiolytics in addition to neuroleptics and anticholinergics. The diagnoses were changed to tardive akathisia, the anticholinergics were discontinued, and the patients were treated with clonidine successfully. In view of the similar effects of clonidine and anticholinergics, the pathophysiology of tardive akathisia must be very similar to that of tardive dyskinesia.
AuthorsT Nishikawa, I Koga, Y Uchida, M Tanaka
JournalThe Kurume medical journal (Kurume Med J) Vol. 37 Issue 3 Pg. 185-7 ( 1990) ISSN: 0023-5679 [Print] Japan
PMID1980934 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Clonidine
Topics
  • Adult
  • Akathisia, Drug-Induced
  • Antipsychotic Agents (adverse effects)
  • Anxiety (diagnosis)
  • Clonidine (therapeutic use)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychomotor Agitation (diagnosis, drug therapy)

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