Benztropine prophylaxis of dystonic reactions
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 61 (3) , 261-262
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00432269
Abstract
The effectiveness of antiparkinson medication for the prevention of drug induced dystonias has remained a question. Forty patients with acute psychosis who received high potency oral antipsychotic drugs were interviewed to determine the incidence of acute dystonia. An eleven-fold increase in dystonia was found in patients who received no prophylactic medication. Such prophylaxis appears effective in preventing acute dystonia.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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