[Dysphagia] Tardive dyskinesia

[epowazek at hotmail.com (Erin Powazek)]

Thanks for the info.

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From: Irene Campbell-Taylor <eripley at yahoo.com>
To: dysphagia at b9.com
Subject: [Dysphagia] Tardive dyskinesia
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:42:27 -0700 (PDT)

There is no standard treatment for tardive dyskinesia. Replacing the 
neuroleptic drug with substitute drugs may help. Other drugs such as 
benzodiazepines, adrenergic antagonists, and dopamine agonists may also help 
but I have never seen anything that approaches a ?cure?. Administration of 
branched-chain amino acids has been reported to markedly reduce the 
movements of TD in a group of adult men with TD. Other anecdotal treatments 
include vitamin E, levodopa, benzodiazepines, botulinum toxin, reserpine, 
tetrabenazine. Ondansetron, a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 antagonist, 
has helped some.


Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
Exclusive Distributor:
www.interactivetherapy.com
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