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Prevalence and Treatment of Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. A. W. Johnson
D. A. W. Johnson*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester 20
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Abstract

A prospective follow-up of schizophrenic patients treated with depot neuroleptic injections demonstrated the variability of the prevalence rate of morbidity from drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms. Factors influencing this morbidity are discussed. This study suggests that the need for the treatment of drug-induced symptoms by the use of antiparkinsonian drugs is less than commonly accepted. It is suggested that our psychological set to the problem of drug-induced side-effects requires revision, and in particular that the prescription of anticholinergic drugs needs justification.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 1 , January 1978 , pp. 27 - 30
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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