Tardive dyskinesia

Introduction: Tardive dyskinesia

Description of Tardive dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia (medical condition): The toxic neurological side effects of neuroleptic drugs...more »

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Tardive dyskinesia: involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Tardive dyskinesia: iatrogenic extrapyramidal disorder produced by long-term administration of antipsychotic drugs; characterized by oral/lingual/buccal dyskinesias and choreoathetoid movements of the extremities.
Source: CRISP

Tardive dyskinesia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tardive dyskinesia:

• Tardive
• Tardive syndrome
• Dyskinesia
• Dyskinesia syndrome
• MIM
• Facial
• Facial symptoms (8109 causes)
• Facial pain (153 causes)

Tardive dyskinesia: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tardive dyskinesia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Tardive dyskinesia, or a subtype of Tardive dyskinesia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Tardive dyskinesia as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Tardive dyskinesia as a Disease

Tardive dyskinesia (medical condition): See Tardive Dyskinesia (disease information).
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Tardive dyskinesia: Related Diseases

Tardive dyskinesia: Tardive dyskinesia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions
• Movement conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Drug-related conditions

Tardive dyskinesia: Article Excerpts

Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)

Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)

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• Symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia
• Misdiagnosis of Tardive Dyskinesia
• Treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia as a Symptom

Tardive dyskinesia (symptom): Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs.... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)

Tardive dyskinesia (symptom): See Tardive dyskinesia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Tardive dyskinesia:

• Tardive dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Tardive dyskinesia:

• antipsychotics
• dopamine antagonists
• nigrostriatl pathway

Terms associated with Tardive dyskinesia:

Terms Similar to Tardive dyskinesia:

• Linguofacial dyskinesia
• Oral-facial dyskinesia
• TD
• Tardive dystonia
• Tardive oral dyskinesia

Source - NIH

Broader terms for Tardive dyskinesia

• extrapyramidal disorder

Source - CRISP

• dyskinesia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Tardive dyskinesia:

• antipsychotic agent
• drug adverse effect
• iatrogenic disease

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Tardive dyskinesia

The following list attempts to classify Tardive dyskinesia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• dyskinesia
• nervous disorder,neurological disease,neurological disorder
• disorder,upset
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Tardive dyskinesia

• Calcium channel blockers for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Tardive Dyskinesia : Article by James Robert Brasic, MD, MPH
• OMIM - TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
• Benzodiazepines for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• Miscellaneous treatments for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• Anticholinergic medication for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• Vitamin E for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• Cholinergic medication for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)
• Gamma-aminobutyric acid agonists for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (Cochrane Review)

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