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Probable respiratory dyskinesia in an elderly patient after sudden stoppage of antipsychotics
Vikram Vaidya, Nilesh Shah, Avinash Desousa
Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Avinash Desousa
Carmel, 18, St. Francis Road, Off S.V. Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai - 400 054, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2348-9995.195681
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Antipsychotic drugs are widely used in the management of schizophrenia in the elderly. Extrapyramidal reactions to these drugs and tardive dyskinesia are a dreaded side effect of these drugs that may be seen in the elderly. We present herewith, a case of probable respiratory dyskinesia, a rare but important variant of tardive dyskinesia seen in an elderly patient with schizophrenia after the sudden stoppage of antipsychotic medication. |
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