Prakt. lékáren. 2017; 13(4): 151-155 | DOI: 10.36290/lek.2017.021
Drug induced movement disorders may appear after number of pharmacological treatments. Dopaminergic-treatment relatedchorea in Parkinson’s disease and tardive dyskinesia are the ones most well described.Determination of the type of hyperkinesia is very important for the diagnosis of drug-induced movement disorders, as the treatmentsdiffer across the various clinical phenomena. Treatments are based on tapering of dose or discontinuation of offendingdrug but may include also targeted pharmacotherapy, botulinum toxin or deep brain stimulation.
Published: December 1, 2017 Show citation