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Find your community on the free RareGuru App.Drug induced dyskinesia is an involuntary movement disorder. Signs and symptoms include repetitive and irregular motions of the mouth, face, limbs and/or trunk. Treatment with antipsychotic drugs and levodopa (commonly used to treat Parkinson disease) are well recognized causes of drug-induced dyskinesia. Dyskinesia develops in around 40% of people with Parkinson's disease who have been on levodopa treatment for four to six years. Tardive dyskinesia is a severe form of drug-induced dyskinesia due to antipsychotic treatments. Tardive dyskinesia develops in 5% of people per year of treatment.
Source: GARD Last updated on 05-01-20
The following medications have caused drug-induced dyskinesia in some individuals:
Last updated on 05-01-20
Drug induced dyskinesia is an involuntary movement disorder. Signs and symptoms include repetitive and irregular motions of the mouth, face, limbs and/or trunk. Treatment with antipsychotic drugs and levodopa (commonly used to treat Parkinson disease) are well recognized causes of drug-induced dyskinesia. Dyskinesia develops in around 40% of people with Parkinson's disease who have been on levodopa treatment for four to six years. Tardive dyskinesia is a severe form of drug-induced dyskinesia due to antipsychotic treatments. Tardive dyskinesia develops in 5% of people per year of treatment.
Last updated on 05-01-20
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