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drug adverse effects of dopaminergic receptor antagonists
Adverse effects:
- acute effects [1]
- acute dystonia
- often involves neck, face, larynx or eye
- rapidly reversed with IV diphendydramine
- acute akathisia
- late-appearing persistent effects (tardive syndromes)
- tardive dyskinesia
- tardive dystonia
- often affects the face, neck, arms, trunk
- tardive akathisia [1]
- subacute or chronic
- drug-induced parkinsonism
- reversible with discontinuation of offending agent
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DRUGS: dopaminergic receptor antagonist
FORM: drug adverse effects dopaminergic receptor antagonist
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012