The Abrupt Withdrawal of Antiparkinsonian Drugs in Mentally Handicapped Patients
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 142 (2) , 166-168
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.142.2.166
Abstract
Summary: Long-term antiparkinsonian medication given to 20 mentally handicapped patients also on neuroleptics was abruptly withdrawn. Transient extrapyramidal signs developed in most patients during the following four weeks but in 60 per cent had disappeared by 12 weeks. Reintroduction of medication was necessary in only three patients, who developed acute dystonic reactions within one week of withdrawal.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Tardive Dyskinesia in Psychiatric Patients Treated with NeurolepticsThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1979