One side effect of psychoactive medications is tardive dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder similar to Tourette syndrome. Medical researchers are attempting several methods to treat the disorder, including changing an affected patient's medication or using a different variety of drugs. The most effective treatment is prevention – or discontinuing medication even though tardive dyskinesia symptoms may persist.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Tardive Dyskinesia Treatment
Tardive Dyskinesia Treatment
One side effect of psychoactive medications is tardive dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder similar to Tourette syndrome. Medical researchers are attempting several methods to treat the disorder, including changing an affected patient's medication or using a different variety of drugs. The most effective treatment is prevention – or discontinuing medication even though tardive dyskinesia symptoms may persist.
One side effect of psychoactive medications is tardive dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder similar to Tourette syndrome. Medical researchers are attempting several methods to treat the disorder, including changing an affected patient's medication or using a different variety of drugs. The most effective treatment is prevention – or discontinuing medication even though tardive dyskinesia symptoms may persist.
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