Gabapentin pharmacotherapy for antipsychotic-induced akathisia: Single-patient experiment and case report

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-102

  Sullivan, Maria A ^a   Wilbur, Robert ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Robert Wilbur Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

akathisia; antipsychotics; Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale; clonazepam; diazepam; gabapentin; neuroleptics; olanzapine; quetiapine; restless legs syndrome (RLS); timolol maleate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998013984     PISSN: 20451253     EISSN: 20451261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2045125314525433     Document Type: Letter

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