Tardive dyskinesia ə is a difficult-to-treat and often incurable form of dyskinesia, a disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive body movements. In this form of dyskinesia, the involuntary movements are tardive, meaning they have a slow or belated onset. This neurological disorder most frequently occurs as the result of long-term or high-dose...
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(from the article `mental disorder`) ...muscular rigidity); dystonia (sudden, sustained contraction of muscle groups causing abnormal postures); akathisia (a subjective feeling of ... ...of the nerves. First to appear are tremors and rigidity, followed by more complex movement disorders commonly associated with involuntary ... Tardiv...
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A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, dyskinetic movements that may develop in patients who have been treated with antipsychotic medications (for example phenothiazines) longer-term. Other drugs known to cause tardive dyskinesia include: tricyclic antidepressants, selegiline, clozapine, levamisole and metoclopramide. ... (27 Sep 1997...
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an iatrogenic disorder produced by long-term administration of antipsychotic agents; it is characterized by dyskinesias of the mouth, tongue, and cheeks that usually resemble continual chewing motions with intermittent darting movements of the tongue; there may also be choreoathetoid movements of the limbs. It is more common in women...
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(tar-div dis-ki-ne-se-ah) A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, movements that may de
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This is a movement disorder associated with long-term use of neuroleptic drugs such as Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Loxapine, etc. Movements of a person with tardive dyskinesia are similar in appearance to those of a person with levodopa induced dyskinesias, but the causes of the two conditions are different.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. involuntary movements of the facial muscles and tongue, often persistent, that develop as a late complication of some neuroleptic therapy, more likely with typical antipsychotic agents. Synonyms: lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesia, tardive syndrome
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Tardive dyskinesia: A neurological syndrome characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements caused by the long-term use of certain drugs called neuroleptics used for psychiatric, gastrointestinal and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Features may include grimacing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, puckering and pur...
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An abnormal involuntary movement disorder which may manifest as lipsmacking bucco-lingual movements or grimacing, truncal movements or athetoid limb movements.
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n] - involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs
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Side effect of some anti-psychotic drugs, characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements.
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noun involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine
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A serious side effect of antipsychotic drugs. It is usually a permanent condition, characterized by involuntary movements.
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