Posted by chad_3 on October 22, 2002, at 19:46:13
In reply to chad 3 Re: Zyprexa - or earlier DA blocker caused , posted by McPac on October 21, 2002, at 23:31:12
McPac-
I forgot about something. Stimulants - especially L-Dopa or illegal DA agonists like cocaine may induce dyskinesia (generally I think this is on "rebound" when DA goes very low). Normally this is L-DOPA in Parkinson's patients...
But other than that - DA blockers yes are the cause. I have seen a few case reports of cases possibly caused by other psychotopics but I would say probably 99%+ percent of this is DA blockers.
"Tardive" means "long term" (more than one month) - but "acute" dystonia (less than 3 days) - can occur with other drugs - such as a sensitive individual who takes meds like you mentioned Zoloft, or an anticonvulsant. If you get acute dystonia and never took DA blockers, you are probably very sensitive to DA blocker tardive movements...
Chad
http://www.socialfear.com/> "Whatever was your first (Zyprexa is one of them) - caused your dystonia."
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> >>>>>>>>>>Chad, is this some kind of 'rule' that someone's first anti-psychotic drug is the one that caused their movement disorder?
> Also, what can somebody due to reverse these abnormal movements? anything?
> Thanks!
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