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Tardive Dyskinesia: The toxic neurological side effects of neuroleptic drugs that have been used long term. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tardive Dyskinesia is available below.
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Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric disorders, as well as for some gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)
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 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, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Tardive Dyskinesia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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