Posted by yxibow on January 31, 2006, at 1:20:49
In reply to Re: Akathisia vs. Tardive dyskinesia, posted by fenix on January 29, 2006, at 18:23:00
> Akathisia is not short for tardive akathisia. Tardive akathisia is something different. Tardive is derived from the Latin word meaning late onset.
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> Tardive akathisia differs from normal akathisia because it 1) lasts for a very long time (if not indefinitely) even when the drugs that caused it are stopped and 2) has a tendency to be extremely difficult to treat; drugs such as propranolol (which is very effective in temporary neuroleptic-induced akathisia, usually does nothing for tardive akathisia), benzodiazepines, opiates, dopamine depleters (such as reserpine), and divers other things have proven unsatisfactory results.
You might look into wemove.org and other sites devoted to movement disorders. I can't discuss importation of drugs here, but people have imported Tetrabenazine (Nitoman in Canada) from Canada and England. It is considered a fast track orphan drug by the FDA currently. A company has filed a NDA recently to have it approved in the US for Huntingtons Chorea. It has been used in trials for TD in the same way reserpine has been used. It can cause pseudoparkinsonism, but one has to weight the benefits.Regards
- J
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