Drug-induced dyskinesia is a common phenomenon in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is often socially as well as physically disabling for patients. The Movement Disorders Society commissioned a task force to assess available clinical rating scales, critique their clinimetric properties, and make recommendations regarding their clinical utility. A task force composed six clinical researchers who syst...

Background: The prognostic importance of dyskinesia after acute myocardial infarction is unknown, and recommendations have been made that dyskinesia be included in calculations of wall motion index (WMI). Objective: To determine whether it is necessary to distinguish between dyskinesia and akinesia when WMI is estimated for prognostic purposes following acute myocardial infarction. Design: Mult...

Risperidone and olanzapine in treatment of psychiatric patients can provoke a plethora of tardive dyskinesias which pose problems for them. This clinical problem requires the urgent attention of mental health professionals. Hence a comprehensive research of Medline and related literature was undertaken from 1996 till August 2004. The published twenty two cases of risperidone (N=12) or olanzapin...

BACKGROUND The effects of antipsychotic drug withdrawal have been inadequately studied. Case reports have described dyskinesia occurring in patients with several antipsychotics withdrawn, but studies on amisulpride withdrawal dyskinesia are lacking. CASE PRESENTATION A 63-year-old man, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 49, received amisulpride treatment since age 62. The dosage of a...

background and aims. orofacial pain is one of the most common reasons for attendance at the dental clinic. the prevalence and the sources of orofacial pain vary from place to place and patients’ response to pain also differs. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of orofacial pain as well as the factors influencing patients’ response to orofacial pain among patients ...

Because temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) rehabilitation continues to be a challenge, a more comprehensive picture of the orofacial functions in patients with chronic pain is required. This study assessed the orofacial functions, including surface electromyography (EMG) of dynamic rhythmic activities, in patients with moderate-severe signs and symptoms of chronic TMD. It was hypothesized that ...

A ntipsychotic medications were introduced in the 1950s and proved to be invaluable in the amelioration of schizophrenic symptoms. These agents gained widespread acceptance in the treatment of psychoneurologic disorders, including schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome, effective disorders, and dementia. Antipsychotics are also called neuroleptics because of their ability to induce a variety of neu...

Seventeen schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) and 33 schizophrenics without tardive dyskinesia were examined by psychological tests of intellectual function and EMI scans were performed. The group as a whole were found to be demented and 31 out of 45 had abnormalities on the scan. On a learning test the tardive dyskinesia group did significantly worse and using a measured parame...