Posted by med_empowered on July 8, 2005, at 17:54:09
In reply to Re: Tardive Dyskinesia from Zyprexa... AGAIN! » alienatari, posted by ed_uk on July 8, 2005, at 14:04:16
hey! Do you have TD or EPS? Either way, really, my frist reaction would be to get off the Zyprexa and try something else. Is an anti-psychotic absolutely necessary for your condition(s)? If you look to more alternative mental health practices, you'll find docs who either do without antipsychotics completely or use extremely low doses of them, often on a limited (rather than continuous) basis....so, you might be asked to take an antipsychotic for a month or two, and then be slowly tapered off. Just a thought. Aside from that...Cogentin is the old school standard for EPS...I've heard of it being used with Risperdal, but I dont know if its Zyprexa-compatible. Propranolol and benzodiazpenes are also useful for EPS, but full-blow TD is best managed by withdrawal of antipsychotics. Anti-oxidants (Vitamins E, C, the B-Complex, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Coenzyme Q10, Selenium) *may* help treat/prevent TD, since some believe its caused by oxidation in the brain caused by neuroleptics (the anti-oxidants would theoretically mop these up)...its certainly worht trying. Good luck!
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