Gabapentin pharmacotherapy for antipsychotic-induced akathisia: single-patient experiment and case report
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Acute antipsychotic-induced akathisia revisited.
Akathisia remains one of the most prevalent and distressful antipsychotic-induced adverse events. Effective and well-tolerated treatment is a major unmet need in akathisia that merits a search for new remedies. Accumulating evidence indicates that agents with marked serotonin-2A receptor antagonism may represent a new class of potential anti-akathisia treatment.
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-1253,2045-1261
DOI: 10.1177/2045125314525433