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What is Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia

is a variety of dyskinesia (involuntary, repetitive movements) manifesting as a side effect of long-term or high-dose use of dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotics.

Recent News:

Reglan Linked to Tardive Dyskinesia

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced  that manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose use.

Chronic use of metoclopramide has been linked to tardive dyskinesia, which may include involuntary and repetitive movements of the body, even after the drugs are no longer taken.

Products that commonly contain metoclopramide:

1. Reglan Tablets
2. Reglan Oral Disintegrating Tablets
3. Metoclopramide Oral Solution
4. and Reglan Injection

Man Allegedly Stabs Roomate after taking 40 Seroquel

In Alexandria Virginia a 47 year old man was arrested recently after allegedly stabbing a roomate. When officers arrived on the scene on January 23, they found Kelly Jean Weeks locked in the bathroom with what appeared to be a knife wound in her upper left chest area. She told authorities that her roomate Ronald Gene Fleck stabbed her without provocation.

The report stated that when officers arrived on scene, Fleck informed them that he had taken about 40 Seroquel - a medication to treat certain mental/mood conditions such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

On the way to the hospital, he lost consciousness and, as a result of the Seroquel and severe alcohol withdrawal, was unconscious for days.

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