Posted by psychopharmacon on March 18, 2006, at 14:02:45
In reply to to EDUK, med update, posted by Jeroen on March 18, 2006, at 13:11:36
Hi Jeroen,
I have read your earlier posts and you have my sympathies for your unfortunate difficulties with Tardive Dyskinesia.
There are some medications that have been shown to improve Tardive Dyskinesia:
Aripiprazole (Abilify), sulpiride, tiapride and memantine. (Possibly also amisulpride, which is closely related to sulpiride and tiapride.)I have written down some links which may be of interest to you.
Aripiprazole:
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/pccpdf/v07n01/v07n0107.pdf
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2003/december/lettersAripiprazole.asp
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2005/march/Witschyletter.aspSulpiride:
http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/9/800
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=44375&dopt=Abstract
http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/47/8/844Tiapride:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3925489&dopt=Abstract
http://www.cochrane.org/colloquia/abstracts/amsterdam/Amsterdam97P250.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10721880&dopt=Abstract
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