Tardive dyskinesia causes involuntary movements in some people taking antipsychotic medications. Here’s what you need to know about this movement disorder. Antipsychotic medications are a mainstay of ...
When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease are probably what first spring to mind. However, there are other equally debilitating and much less well-known ...
Credit: Getty Images This patient fact sheet describes the medications that are known to induce tardive dyskinesia, its symptoms, and ways in which the disease state may be managed. Our easy-to-read ...
Chorea-acanthocytosis is a rare genetic disorder of the nervous system. It causes involuntary jerks and twitches in the muscles, known as chorea, and star-shaped red blood cells, known as ...
Hold on. Why is Carnie Wilson, the singer who co-founded the music trio Wilson Phillips, trying to bring more attention to tardive dyskinesia? After all, she doesn’t have TD herself. Well, both she ...
Differentiating tardive dyskinesia from other movement disorders can be challenging. "One major criterion is the history of exposure to neuroleptic medications," said Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD, of the ...
Celon Pharma’s PDE10A inhibitor has reduced involuntary movements in a phase 2 trial of individuals with Parkinson’s disease. The Polish biotech tested two daily doses of the drug, dubbed CPL’36, in ...