1. Tardive oculogyric crisis associated with amisulpride monotherapy.
- Author
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Mendhekar DN, Lohia D, and Kataria P
- Subjects
- Amisulpride, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced diagnosis, Dystonia chemically induced, Dystonia diagnosis, Female, Humans, Sulpiride adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Antipsychotic Agents adverse effects, Ocular Motility Disorders chemically induced, Schizophrenia drug therapy, Sulpiride analogs & derivatives
- Abstract
Oculogyric crisis (OGC) is a dystonic and distressing side- effect which occurs immediately after the administration of high-potency antipsychotic drugs and is usually reported as a subtype of dystonia. We report a case of a young woman with schizophrenia who presented with tardive OGC related to amisulpride.
- Published
- 2010
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