Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms

7 May 1973

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 224 (6) , 889-891
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1973.03220200049015

Abstract

Extrapyramidal symptoms were found to occur in about 1% of general medical patients treated with the phenothiazines or the tricyclic antidepressants. The drug most likely to produce these symptoms is trifluoperazine hydrochloride. There is a suggestion that the tendency for these drugs to produce these symptoms is enhanced in persons with systemic lupus erythematosus or in persons taking prednisone.

Keywords

EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOMS
MEDICAL PATIENTS
GENERAL MEDICAL
INDUCED EXTRAPYRAMIDAL
PERSONS TAKING
LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
TRIFLUOPERAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

A Survey of Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Reactions
JAMA, 1961