title: Sodium valproate and tardive dyskinesia.
abstract: Twenty-five schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia was given 600 mgs sodium valproate daily with their neuroleptic medication. After one month there was no change in their signs, as judged by a panel of nine viewing films of them taken before and at the end of this treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D014631:Valerates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014631:Valerates; D014635:Valproic Acid