Diazepam in the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms: a case report.
A chronic schizophrenic patient with a neuroleptic-induced dystonic reaction and akathisia, both of which were unresponsive to benztropine and diphenhydramine, derived rapid therapeutic benefit from diazepam. This case report indicates that low-dose diazepam may be an extrapyramidal symptoms in some patients.
D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000188:drug therapy
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003975:Diazepam