Prochlorperazine-induced tardive dystonia and its worsening with Clozapine in a non-mentally Ill patient with migraine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-546

  Mendhekar, Dattatreya N ^a   Andrade, Chittaranjan ^b  

^a Neuropsychiatry and Headache Clinic   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

EID: 79955566573     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P194     Document Type: Letter

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