Improvement of tardive dyskinesia following switch from neuroleptics to olanzapine.
The authors report two cases of schizophrenia in which olanzapine proved to be an efficacious antipsychotic medication associated with the remission of movement disorder.
Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Greece. gnchrist@compulink.gr
Lefteris
L
Lykouras
Elias
E
Agelopoulos
Elias
E
Tzavellas
D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077152:Olanzapine; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D010890:Pirenzepine; D000077152:Olanzapine