Late-onset akathisia--an indicant of covert dyskinesia: two case reports
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (5) , 611-612
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.5.611
Abstract
Two patients receiving long-term depot antipsychotic treatment developed late-onset akathisia characterized by emergence toward the end of each injection interval. Drug dose reduction provoked exacerbation of the akathisia and the appearance of choreiform limb dyskinesia. The authors discuss a possible pathophysiological mechanism.Keywords
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