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Antipsychotic medications induced extra pyramidal effects | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 5, Volume 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-794 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali A. AlHamzawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| background: Antipsychotic drugs are invaluable tools in treating a large variety of patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders with psychotic features, senile and other organic psychoses, psychoses associated with Parkinson's disease. Extrapyramidally mediated movement disorders represent the major set of adverse effects associated with the use of antipsychotic medications. Objective: Is to assess the size of the problem of extra pyramidal effects among chronic patients taking antipsychotic medications. Method: 100 chronic psychiatric patients attending outpatient department in Diwania Teaching Hospital to receive their medications were assessed for extra pyramidal side effect of antipsychotic drugs, using the Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS). The study was conducted between the 8th of January2009 and the 8th of May 2009. Results: the study revealed that 38% of patients on antipsychotic medication have extra pyramidal effects. The majority of those patients (80%) were taking anticholinergic drugs. Conclusion: the study concludes that extra pyramidal effects are common among chronic patients on antipsychotic medications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| extra pyramidal symptoms; antipsychotic drugs | ||
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