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Badarny S, Nassar R, Badarny Y. Tardive Syndrome Is a Mysterious Phenomenon with Different Clinical Manifestations-Review. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12041498. [PMID: 36836033 PMCID: PMC9967615 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12041498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Tardive syndrome (TS) refers to persistent hyperkinetic, hypokinetic, and sensory complaints appearing after chronic neuroleptics and other dopamine receptor-blocking agents (DRBAs). It is defined as involuntary movements, often rhythmic, choreiform, or athetoid, involving the tongue, face, extremities, and sensory urges such as akathisia and lasts for a few weeks. TS develops in association with neuroleptic medication usage for a few months at least. There is usually a delay between the initiation of the causative drug and the onset of abnormal movements. However, it was soon noted that TS can also develop early, even days or weeks after DRBAs begin. However, the longer the exposure, the greater the risk of developing TS. Tardive dyskinesia, dystonia, akathisia, tremor, and parkinsonism are frequent phenomenologies of this syndrome.
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- Samih Badarny
- Neurology Department, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 221001, Israel
- Bar Ilan Faculty of Medicine, Zafed 1311502, Israel
- Correspondence: (S.B.); (R.N.); (Y.B.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Israel Technion, Haifa 3109601, Israel
- Correspondence: (S.B.); (R.N.); (Y.B.)
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- Neurosurgery Department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 3109601, Israel
- Correspondence: (S.B.); (R.N.); (Y.B.)
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Amerika WE, van der Gaag S, Mosch A, van der Gaag NA, Hoffmann CF, Zutt R, Marinus J, Contarino MF. Medical and surgical treatment for medication‐induced tremor: case report and systematic review. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2022; 9:676-687. [PMID: 35844282 PMCID: PMC9274355 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Wardell E. Amerika
- Department of Neurology Haga Teaching Hospital The Hague The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology Haga Teaching Hospital The Hague The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology Haga Teaching Hospital The Hague The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology Leiden University Medical Center Leiden the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology Haga Teaching Hospital The Hague The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology Leiden University Medical Center Leiden the Netherlands
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Accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of tardive dyskinesia (TD) are imperative, as its symptoms can be highly disruptive to both patients and their caregivers. Misdiagnosis can lead to incorrect interventions with suboptimal or even deleterious results. To aid in the identification and differentiation of TD in the psychiatric practice setting, we review its clinical features and movement phenomenology, as well as those of other antipsychotic-induced movement disorders, with accompanying links to illustrative videos. Exposure to dopamine receptor blocking agents (DRBAs) such as antipsychotics or antiemetics is associated with a spectrum of movement disorders including TD. The differential diagnosis of TD is based on history of DRBA exposure, recent discontinuation or dose reduction of a DRBA, and movement phenomenology. Common diagnostic challenges are the abnormal behaviors and dyskinesias associated with advanced age or chronic mental illness, and other movement disorders associated with DRBA therapy, such as akathisia, parkinsonian tremor, and tremor related to use of mood stabilizing agents (eg, lithium, divalproex). Duration of exposure may help rule out acute drug-induced syndromes such as acute dystonia or acute/subacute akathisia. Another important consideration is the potential for TD to present together with other drug-induced movement disorders (eg, parkinsonism, parkinsonian tremor, and postural tremor from mood stabilizers) in the same patient, which can complicate both diagnosis and management. After documentation of the phenomenology, severity, and distribution of TD movements, treatment options should be reviewed with the patient and caregivers.
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Baizabal-Carvallo JF, Morgan JC. Drug-induced tremor, clinical features, diagnostic approach and management. J Neurol Sci 2022; 435:120192. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kashyap S, Ceponiene R, Savla P, Bernstein J, Ghanchi H, Ananda A. Resolution of tardive tremor after bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation placement. Surg Neurol Int 2020; 11:444. [PMID: 33408929 PMCID: PMC7771401 DOI: 10.25259/sni_723_2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background:Tardive tremor (TT) is an underrecognized manifestation of tardive syndrome (TS). In our experience, TT is a rather common manifestation of TS, especially in a setting of treatment with aripiprazole, and is a frequent cause of referrals for the evaluation of idiopathic Parkinson disease. There are reports of successful treatment of tardive orofacial dyskinesia and dystonia with deep brain stimulation (DBS) using globus pallidus interna (GPi) as the primary target, but the literature on subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS for tardive dyskinesia (TD) is lacking. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on DBS treatment of TT.Case Description:A 75-year-old right-handed female with the medical history of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder had been treated with thioridazine and citalopram from 1980 till 2010. Around 2008, she developed orolingual dyskinesia. She was started on tetrabenazine in June 2011. She continued to have tremors and developed Parkinsonian gait, both of which worsened overtime. She underwent DBS placement in the left STN in January 2017 with near-complete resolution of her tremors. She underwent right STN implantation in September 2017 with similar improvement in symptoms.Conclusion:While DBS-GPi is the preferred treatment in treating oral TD and dystonia, DBS-STN could be considered a safe and effective target in patients with predominating TT and/or tardive Parkinsonism. This patient saw a marked improvement in her symptoms after implantation of DBS electrodes, without significant relapse or recurrence in the years following implantation.
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- Samir Kashyap
- Department of Neurosurgery, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California, United States,
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- Department of Neurology, Kaiser Permanente Sourthern California Physician Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, United States,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California, United States,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California, United States,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California, United States,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Clinical Spectrum of Drug-Induced Movement Disorders: A Study of 97 Patients. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2020; 10:57. [PMID: 33362951 PMCID: PMC7747762 DOI: 10.5334/tohm.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chen CY, Chiang HL, Fuh JL. Tardive syndrome: An update and mini-review from the perspective of phenomenology. J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83:1059-1065. [PMID: 32956105 DOI: 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Tardive syndrome (TS) is a group of movement disorders caused by the long-term use of dopamine receptor blocking agents. The phenotypic presentation of TS is diverse, ranging from the most well-characterized symptom of tardive dyskinesia to other symptoms, including dystonia, akathisia, myoclonus, parkinsonism, tremor, and tics. These tardive symptoms are distinct not only in their phenomenology but also in their clinical outcomes. However, our knowledge of the pathophysiology and management of TS is almost exclusively based on tardive dyskinesia. First-generation antipsychotics have a higher risk of inducing TS and have largely been replaced by second-generation antipsychotics with a lower risk of TS. However, patients with off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics are still at risk of developing TS. Thus, the management of TS remains a challenging and important issue for physicians. In this review, we update the information on the epidemiology, phenomenology, and treatment of TS from the perspective of the specific form of TS.
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- Chun-Yu Chen
- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Hualian, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of General Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of General Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Perju-Dumbrava L, Kempster P. Movement disorders in psychiatric patients. BMJ Neurol Open 2020; 2:e000057. [PMID: 33681793 PMCID: PMC7871724 DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2020-000057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The observability of movement gives it advantages when trying to draw connections between brain and mind. Disturbed motor function pervades schizophrenia, though it is difficult now to subtract the effects of antipsychotic treatment. There is evidence from patients never exposed to these drugs that dyskinesia and even parkinsonism are to some degree innate to schizophrenia. Tardive dyskinesia and drug-induced parkinsonism are the most common movement disorders encountered in psychiatric practice. While D2 dopamine receptor blockade is a causative factor, both conditions defy straightforward neurochemical explanation. Balanced against the need to manage schizophrenic symptoms, neither prevention nor treatment is easy. Of all disorders classified as psychiatric, catatonia sits closest to organic neurology on the neuropsychiatric spectrum. Not only does it occur in the setting of unequivocally organic cerebral disease, but the alterations of consciousness it produces have 'organic' qualities even when the cause is psychiatric. No longer considered a subtype of schizophrenia, catatonia is defined by syndromic features based on motor phenomenology. Both severe depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder may be associated with 'soft' extrapyramidal signs that resemble parkinsonian bradykinesia. As functional neuroimaging studies suggest, movement and psychiatric disorders involve the same network connections between the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex.
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- Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- School of Clinical Sciences of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Tardive syndrome (TS) is an iatrogenic, often persistent movement disorder caused by drugs that block dopamine receptors. It has a broad phenotype including movement (orobuccolingual stereotypy, dystonia, tics, and others) and nonmotor features (akathisia and pain). TS has garnered increased attention of late because of the Food and Drug Administration approval of the first therapeutic agents developed specifically for this purpose. This paper will begin with a discussion on pathogenesis, clinical features, and epidemiology. However, the main focus will be treatment options currently available for TS including a suggested algorithm based on current evidence. Recently, there have been significant advances in TS therapy, particularly with the development of 2 new vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitors for TS and with new data on the efficacy of deep brain stimulation. The discussion will start with switching antipsychotics and the use of clozapine monotherapy which, despite the lack of higher-level evidence, should be considered for the treatment of psychosis and TS. Anti-dyskinetic drugs are separated into 3 tiers: 1) vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitors, which have level A evidence, are approved for use in TS and are recommended first-choice agents; 2) drugs with lower level of evidence for efficacy including clonazepam, Ginkgo biloba, and amantadine; and 3) drugs that have the potential to be beneficial, but currently have insufficient evidence including levetiracetam, piracetam, vitamin B6, melatonin, baclofen, propranolol, zolpidem, and zonisamide. Finally, the roles of botulinum toxin and surgical therapy will be examined. Current therapies, though improved, are symptomatic. Next steps should focus on the prevention and reversal of the pathogenic process.
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- Stewart A Factor
- Jean and Paul Amos Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Program, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Drive Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, USA.
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Mulroy E, Balint B, Bhatia KP. Tardive syndromes. Pract Neurol 2020; 20:368-376. [PMID: 32487722 DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dopamine receptor-blocking antipsychotics, first introduced into clinical practice in 1952, were hailed as a panacea in the treatment of a number of psychiatric disorders. However, within 5 years, this notion was to be shattered by the recognition of both acute and chronic drug-induced movement disorders which can accompany their administration. Tardive syndromes, denoting the delayed onset of movement disorders following administration of dopamine receptor-blocking (and also other) drugs, have diverse manifestations ranging from the classic oro-bucco-lingual dyskinesia, through dystonic craniocervical and trunk posturing, to abnormal breathing patterns. Although tardive syndromes have been an important part of movement disorder clinical practice for over 60 years, their pathophysiologic basis remains poorly understood and the optimal treatment approach remains unclear. This review summarises the current knowledge relating to these syndromes and provides clinicians with pragmatic, clinically focused guidance to their management.
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- Eoin Mulroy
- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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Yeh JY, Chiu NM, Chang YY, Lin PY, Lee Y. Successful Electroconvulsive Therapy for a 74-year-old Female with Major Depressive Disorder and Tardive Tremor: A Case Report and Literature Review. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2020; 18:331-336. [PMID: 32329314 PMCID: PMC7242099 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2020.18.2.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tardive tremor is an infrequently form of tardive syndrome that is developed from prolonged treatment with dopamine receptor blocking agents. This condition presents as a prominent tremor that may cause significant distress but currently lacks effective treatment. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been applied to treat tardive syndrome. In this study, we report a 74-year-old female patient with major depressive disorder, whose tardive tremor and depressive symptoms showed remarkable improvement after receiving 10 sessions of ECT treatment.
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- Jia-Yin Yeh
- Departments of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Departments of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Setting the record straight: The nosology of tardive syndromes. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 59:146-150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Estevez-Fraga C, Zeun P, López-Sendón Moreno JL. Current Methods for the Treatment and Prevention of Drug-Induced Parkinsonism and Tardive Dyskinesia in the Elderly. Drugs Aging 2018; 35:959-971. [DOI: 10.1007/s40266-018-0590-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Frei K, Truong DD, Fahn S, Jankovic J, Hauser RA. The nosology of tardive syndromes. J Neurol Sci 2018; 389:10-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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[Rare tremor syndromes]. DER NERVENARZT 2018; 89:386-393. [PMID: 29327098 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-017-0477-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a group of uncommon sporadic tremor syndromes, which are only partially taken into account in the current classification of tremor. Their knowledge is of diagnostic and therapeutic relevance and they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of frequent tremor syndromes. OBJECTIVE Differential diagnostics and treatment of uncommon tremor syndromes. METHOD Literature search (PubMed, Google Scholar). RESULTS Holmes tremor, myorhythmia, palatal tremor, limb-shaking transient ischemic attack (TIA), tardive tremor, neuropathic tremor, tremor induced by peripheral trauma and orthostatic tremor syndrome are described. CONCLUSION Uncommon sporadic tremor syndromes are mainly symptomatic with various underlying neurological or systemic pathologies. Their recognition accelerates the diagnostic process and has therapeutic relevance.
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Morgan JC, Kurek JA, Davis JL, Sethi KD. Insights into Pathophysiology from Medication-induced Tremor. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2017; 7:442. [PMID: 29204312 PMCID: PMC5712675 DOI: 10.7916/d8fj2v9q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Medication-induced tremor (MIT) is common in clinical practice and there are many medications/drugs that can cause or exacerbate tremors. MIT typically occurs by enhancement of physiological tremor (EPT), but not all drugs cause tremor in this way. In this manuscript, we review how some common examples of MIT have informed us about the pathophysiology of tremor. Methods We performed a PubMed literature search for published articles dealing with MIT and attempted to identify articles that especially dealt with the medication's mechanism of inducing tremor. Results There is a paucity of literature that deals with the mechanisms of MIT, with most manuscripts only describing the frequency and clinical settings where MIT is observed. That being said, MIT emanates from multiple mechanisms depending on the drug and it often takes an individualized approach to manage MIT in a given patient. Discussion MIT has provided some insight into the mechanisms of tremors we see in clinical practice. The exact mechanism of MIT is unknown for most medications that cause tremor, but it is assumed that in most cases physiological tremor is influenced by these medications. Some medications (epinephrine) that cause EPT likely lead to tremor by peripheral mechanisms in the muscle (β-adrenergic agonists), but others may influence the central component (amitriptyline). Other drugs can cause tremor, presumably by blockade of dopamine receptors in the basal ganglia (dopamine-blocking agents), by secondary effects such as causing hyperthyroidism (amiodarone), or by other mechanisms. We will attempt to discuss what is known and unknown about the pathophysiology of the most common MITs.
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- John C. Morgan
- Movement Disorders Program Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Movement Disorders Program Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Movement Disorders Program Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Movement Disorders Program Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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Ure RJ, Dhanju S, Lang AE, Fasano A. Unusual tremor syndromes: know in order to recognise. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2016; 87:1191-1203. [PMID: 26985048 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Tremor is a common neurological condition in clinical practice; yet, few syndromes are widely recognised and discussed in the literature. As a result, there is an overdiagnosis of well-known causes, such as essential tremor. Many important unusual syndromes should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with tremor. The objective of this review is to provide broad clinical information to aid in the recognition and treatment of various unusual tremor syndromes in the adult and paediatric populations. The review comprised of a comprehensive online search using PubMed, Ovid database and Google Scholar to identify the available literature for each unusual tremor syndrome. The review includes fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia type 12, tremors caused by autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias, myorhythmia, isolated tongue tremor, Wilson's disease, slow orthostatic tremor, peripheral trauma-induced tremor, tardive tremor and rabbit syndrome, paroxysmal tremors (hereditary chin tremor, bilateral high-frequency synchronous discharges, head tremor, limb-shaking transient ischaemic attack), bobble-head doll syndrome, spasmus nutans and shuddering attacks. Rare tremors generally present with an action tremor and a variable combination of postural and kinetic components with resting tremors less frequently seen. The phenomenology of myorhythmia is still vague and a clinical definition is proposed. The recognition of these entities should facilitate the correct diagnosis and guide the physician to a prompt intervention.
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- Robert J Ure
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic and the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic and the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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INTRODUCTION Drug-induced movement disorders (DIMDs) can be elicited by several kinds of pharmaceutical agents. The major groups of offending drugs include antidepressants, antipsychotics, antiepileptics, antimicrobials, antiarrhythmics, mood stabilisers and gastrointestinal drugs among others. AREAS COVERED This paper reviews literature covering each movement disorder induced by commercially available pharmaceuticals. Considering the magnitude of the topic, only the most prominent examples of offending agents were reported in each paragraph paying a special attention to the brief description of the pathomechanism and therapeutic options if available. EXPERT OPINION As the treatment of some DIMDs is quite challenging, a preventive approach is preferable. Accordingly, the use of the offending agents should be strictly limited to appropriate indications and they should be applied in as low doses and as short duration as the patient's condition allows. As most of DIMDs are related to an unspecific adverse action of medications in the basal ganglia and the cerebellum, future research should focus on better characterisation of the neurochemical profile of the affected functional systems, in addition to the development of drugs with higher selectivity and better side-effect profile.
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- Dénes Zádori
- University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine , Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged , Hungary +36 62 545351 ; +36 62 545597 ;
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Wijemanne S, Jankovic J, Evans RW. Movement Disorders From the Use of Metoclopramide and Other Antiemetics in the Treatment of Migraine. Headache 2015; 56:153-61. [DOI: 10.1111/head.12712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Subhashie Wijemanne
- Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston TX USA
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- Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston TX USA
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Movement disorders are frequently a result of prescription drugs or of illicit drug use. This article focuses on prescribed drugs but briefly mentions drugs of abuse. The main emphasis is on movement disorders caused by dopamine receptor-blocking agents. However, movement disorders caused by other drugs are also briefly discussed.
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- Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Movement Disorders Program, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; Merz Pharmaceuticals, 4215 Tudor Lane, Greensboro, NC 27410, USA.
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OBJECTIVES Only little information of the epidemiology of tardive syndrome in patients using antipsychotics is available. Herein, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of antipsychotics-induced tardive syndrome. METHODS This study was conducted by means of a retrospective survey. Subjects receiving antipsychotics for more than 6 months, but no other agents that may cause involuntary movements, were consecutively recruited. Tardive syndrome was evaluated in every included subject. Possible confounding medical conditions were carefully ruled out. RESULTS Of the 123 included subjects, 35 (28.5%) were found to have at least 1 episode of tardive syndrome. The prevalence of subtypes of tardive syndrome were as follows: tardive dyskinesia, 21.1%; tardive dystonia, 12.5%; tardive tremor, 2.4%; and tardive akathisia, 2.4%. Concurrent physical illness and a history of extrapyramidal symptoms were significant risk factors for tardive syndrome. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that antipsychotics may induce various types of tardive syndrome, of which tardive dyskinesia is the most predominant one. Physicians should be aware of this common and distressing adverse effect when using antipsychotics.
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Hickey P, Stacy M. Taxonomy and Clinical Features of Movement Disorders. Mov Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-405195-9.00001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This chapter reviews the spectrum and mechanisms of neurologic adverse effects of commonly used gastrointestinal drugs including antiemetics, promotility drugs, laxatives, antimotility drugs, and drugs for acid-related disorders. The commonly used gastrointestinal drugs as a group are considered safe and are widely used. A range of neurologic complications are reported following use of various gastrointestinal drugs. Acute neurotoxicities, including transient akathisias, oculogyric crisis, delirium, seizures, and strokes, can develop after use of certain gastrointestinal medications, while disabling and pervasive tardive syndromes are described following long-term and often unsupervised use of phenothiazines, metoclopramide, and other drugs. In rare instances, some of the antiemetics can precipitate life-threatening extrapyramidal reactions, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, or serotonin syndrome. In contrast, concerns about the cardiovascular toxicity of drugs such as cisapride and tegaserod have been grave enough to lead to their withdrawal from many world markets. Awareness and recognition of the neurotoxicity of gastrointestinal drugs is essential to help weigh the benefit of their use against possible adverse effects, even if uncommon. Furthermore, as far as possible, drugs such as metoclopramide and others that can lead to tardive dyskinesias should be used for as short time as possible, with close clinical monitoring and patient education.
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- Annu Aggarwal
- Center for Brain and Nervous System, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Center for Brain and Nervous System, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India.
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Waln O, Jankovic J. An update on tardive dyskinesia: from phenomenology to treatment. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2013; 3:tre-03-161-4138-1. [PMID: 23858394 PMCID: PMC3709416 DOI: 10.7916/d88p5z71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Tardive dyskinesia (TD), characterized by oro-buccal-lingual stereotypy, can manifest in the form of akathisia, dystonia, tics, tremor, chorea, or as a combination of different types of abnormal movements. In addition to movement disorders (including involuntary vocalizations), patients with TD may have a variety of sensory symptoms, such as urge to move (as in akathisia), paresthesias, and pain. TD is a form of tardive syndrome-a group of iatrogenic hyperkinetic and hypokinetic movement disorders caused by dopamine receptor-blocking agents. The pathophysiology of TD remains poorly understood, and treatment of this condition is often challenging. In this update, we provide the most current information on the history, nomenclature, etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, phenomenology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of TD.
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- Olga Waln
- Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Shprecher D. Sensory trick with metoclopramide-associated tardive tremor. BMJ Case Rep 2012; 2012:bcr-11-2011-5156. [PMID: 22962383 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-11-2011-5156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Tardive tremor is a 3-5 Hz bilateral resting and action tremor, associated with the use of dopamine receptor blocking drugs, accompanied by other tardive movement disorders and responsive to tetrabenazine or clozapine. We describe a case of a sensory trick associated with tardive tremor which raises important points about semiology and management. First, the presence of a sensory trick with tardive limb tremor suggests that the disorder may be a form of dystonia. Second, further study of osteopathic manipulative therapy for treatment of dystonia or tardive tremor is supported by a symptomatic response observed in our case.
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- David Shprecher
- Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Lerner V, Miodownik C. Motor symptoms of schizophrenia: is tardive dyskinesia a symptom or side effect? A modern treatment. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2011; 13:295-304. [PMID: 21519907 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Abnormal involuntary dyskinetic movements in schizophrenia patients have been documented for more than 140 years. Clinicians should distinguish between two kinds of disturbances-spontaneous dyskinetic movements and movements induced by psychotropic medications-which may look familiar clinically. As a modern term, tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a potentially permanent neurological hyperkinetic movement disorder that occurs after months or years of taking psychotropic drugs. Several distinct forms of TD exist, specifically tardive akathisia, tardive blepharospasm, tardive dystonia, tardive gait, tardive myoclonus, tardive tremor, and tardive tics, and they have different pathophysiologies and treatment. The pathogenesis of TD remains unclear, and the pathophysiology is complex and multifactorial. Moreover, there is solid evidence of a genetic predisposition to TD. This article summarizes recent relevant publications concerning TD and the most recent studies regarding treatment of this disorder with antioxidative agents.
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- Vladimir Lerner
- Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 4600, Be'er-Sheva, 84170, Israel.
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Gershanik OS, Gómez Arévalo GJ. Typical and atypical neuroleptics. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2011; 100:579-99. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52014-2.00042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Dystonias can be classified as primary or secondary, as dystonia-plus syndromes, and as heredodegenerative dystonias. Their prevalence is difficult to determine. In our experience 80-90% of all dystonias are primary. About 20-30% of those have a genetic background; 10-20% are secondary, with tardive dystonia and dystonia in cerebral palsy being the most common forms. If dystonia in spastic conditions is accepted as secondary dystonia, this is the most common form of all dystonia. In primary dystonias, the dystonic movements are the only symptoms. In secondary dystonias, dystonic movements result from exogenous processes directly or indirectly affecting brain parenchyma. They may be caused by focal and diffuse brain damage, drugs, chemical agents, physical interactions with the central nervous system, and indirect central nervous system effects. Dystonia-plus syndromes describe brain parenchyma processes producing predominantly dystonia together with other movement disorders. They include dopa-responsive dystonia and myoclonus-dystonia. Heredodegenerative dystonias are dystonic movements occurring in the context of other heredodegenerative disorders. They may be caused by impaired energy metabolism, impaired systemic metabolism, storage of noxious substances, oligonucleotid repeats and other processes. Pseudodystonias mimic dystonia and include psychogenic dystonia and various orthopedic, ophthalmologic, vestibular, and traumatic conditions. Unusual manifestations, unusual age of onset, suspect family history, suspect medical history, and additional signs may indicate nonprimary dystonia. If they are suspected, etiological clarification becomes necessary. Unfortunately, potential etiologies are legion. Diagnostic algorithms can be helpful. Treatment of nonprimary dystonias, with few exceptions, does not differ from treatment of primary dystonias. The most effective treatment for focal and segmental dystonias is local botulinum toxin injections. Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus is effective for generalized dystonia. Antidystonic drugs, including anticholinergics, tetrabenazine, clozapine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor agonists, are less effective and often produce adverse effects. Dopamine is extremely effective in dopa-responsive dystonia. The Bertrand procedure can be effective in cervical dystonia. Other peripheral surgery, including myotomy, myectomy, neurotomy, rhizotomy, ramizectomy, and accessory nerve neurolysis, has largely been abandoned. Central surgery other than deep brain stimulation is obsolete. Adjuvant therapies, including orthoses, physiotherapy, ergotherapy, behavioral therapy, social support, and support groups, may be helpful. Analgesics should also be considered where appropriate.
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- Dirk Dressler
- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
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Guay DR. Tetrabenazine, a monoamine-depleting drug used in the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 8:331-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2010.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tetrabenazine (TBZ) depletes presynaptic dopamine in the CNS. It has been found to be beneficial in hyperkinetic movement disorders without carrying the extrapyramidal side effects that are characteristic of neuroleptics. OBJECTIVE To summarize current knowledge on the use of TBZ and draw conclusions about its efficacy and safety. METHODS PubMed literature searches using the term 'tetrabenazine' were carried out for the period prior to May 2009. Additional relevant studies referenced by these publications were included. CONCLUSIONS Both short- and long-term studies have consistently yielded favorable results for the use of TBZ in the treatment of hyperkinetic movement in terms of efficacy and safety. TBZ is most effective in reducing chorea (including Huntington's disease associated chorea), tic associated with Tourette's syndrome and tardive dyskinesias. Furthermore, TBZ might also have potential for use in other hyperkinetic disorders (e.g., myoclonus and dystonia), for which future clinical trials are needed.
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- Alfonso Fasano
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Neurologia, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8-00168 Roma, Italy.
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Postural tremor is the most common movement disorder in psychiatry, and often a difficult problem for clinicians. It can be classified as physiological, essential, drug-induced, and postural tremor in Parkinson's disease. Drugs used in psychiatry that can produce postural tremor, include lithium, valproic acid, lamotrigine, antidepressants, and neuroleptics. Clinical characteristics of postural tremor induced by each of these drugs are described. Pharmacological strategies for therapy in disabling drug-induced tremor include beta-blockers, primidone, gabapentin, topiramate, and benzodiazepines; their utility, doses and side-effects are also discussed.
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Silverdale MA, Schneider SA, Bhatia KP, Lang AE. The spectrum of orolingual tremor-A proposed classification system. Mov Disord 2007; 23:159-67. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.21776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Kondo T, Ishiguchi H. [Drug induced dyskinesia]. NIHON NAIKA GAKKAI ZASSHI. THE JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2007; 96:1621-6. [PMID: 17802711 DOI: 10.2169/naika.96.1621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Tardive syndromes are characterized by abnormal involuntary movements that occur after prolonged exposure to drugs that block dopamine receptors. The prevalence and incidence of tardive syndromes are much higher in elderly individuals, and the number of elderly patients receiving antipsychotics has been increasing. This article summarizes the clinical phenomenology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and treatment of these disorders in elderly individuals.
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- Kelvin L Chou
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown Medical School, 227 Centerville Road, Warwick, RI 02886, USA.
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Tremor is one of the most common involuntary movement disorders seen in clinical practice. In addition to the detailed history, the differential diagnosis is mainly clinical based on the distinction at rest, postural and intention, activation condition, frequency, and topographical distribution. The causes of tremor are heterogeneous and it can present alone (for example, essential tremor) or as a part of a neurological syndrome (for example, multiple sclerosis). Essential tremor and the tremor of Parkinson's disease are the most common tremors encountered in clinical practice. This article focuses on a practical approach to these different forms of tremor and how to distinguish them clinically. Evidence supporting various strategies used in the differentiation is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines or recommendations when they exist.
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- R Bhidayasiri
- Department of Neurology, Reed Neurological Research Institute, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Tetrabenazine, a dopamine-depleting agent first synthesized half a century ago, was initially developed for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although psychotic disorders have since been treated more successfully with other neuroleptic medications, many studies have shown this drug to be effective in the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders (hyperkinesias). Hyperkinesias are neurologic disorders characterized by abnormal involuntary movements such as chorea associated with Huntington's disease, tics in Tourette's syndrome and stereotypies in tardive dyskinesia. Recently, clinical trials investigating tetrabenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease found the drug to be safe and efficacious, making approval by the US Food and Drug Administration for this indication a distinct possibility.
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- Christopher Kenney
- Department of Neurology, Parkinson's disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Tremor is a common complaint for many patients. Caffeine and beta-adrenergic agonists are well-recognised drugs that cause or exacerbate tremors. Other tremorogenic drugs, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants, are less well recognised. Recognition of the drugs that can cause or exacerbate tremors can help prompt diagnosis, avoids unnecessary tests, and allows clinicians to quickly take corrective action (usually by discontinuing the tremor-inducing drugs). The aim of this review is to provide clinicians with current information on drugs that are associated with tremor and the correct treatment of these drug-induced tremors.
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- John C Morgan
- Movement Disorders Program, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Neurology, Augusta, GA, USA
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Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that develops after exposure to dopamine receptor blocking agents. Less well-appreciated are other, more recently described tardive syndromes that are phenomenologically distinct from tardive dyskinesia and respond to different treatments. Patients may simultaneously have more than one tardive syndrome. Major subtypes of tardive syndromes include tardive dyskinesia, characterized by orobuccolingual, truncal, or appendicular, choreiform movements; tardive dystonia, characterized by sustained, stereotyped muscle spasms of a twisting or turning character; and tardive akathisia, characterized by an inner sense of restlessness or unease. The sensation often is unpleasant and may be accompanied by repetitive, purposeless movements (stereotypies), such as pacing. Less common tardive syndromes include tardive myoclonus, tardive tourettism, and tardive tremor. Tardive syndromes often are a source of great distress and disability to patients and may be permanent, despite discontinuing the responsible medication. Prevention, early detection, and prompt management are the major clinical focus. When a patient develops a tardive syndrome appropriate actions include 1) review of the primary diagnosis that prompted starting a dopamine receptor blocking agent; 2) characterization of the movement disorder(s); 3) where possible, discontinuation of dopamine blocking agent or replacement with a less potent alternative agent; 4) gradual withdrawl of the offending drug because some patients have an exacerbation of a tardive syndrome after abrupt withdrawal; and 5) assessment of the severity of symptoms and development of a treatment plan based on the phenomenology, with the goal of maximizing patient comfort and function. Although tardive dyskinesia typically develops after chronic exposure to dopamine receptor blocking agents, it, and other variants (such as tardive dystonia) can develop very rapidly after treatment. There seems to be no minimal safe duration of exposure for the development of a tardive syndrome. It is important to recognize that anti-emetics, which are dopamine receptor blockers, such as prochlorperazine, promethazine and metoclopramide, can cause tardive syndromes. Clinicians should become familiar with antipsychotic agents that have a lower risk of causing tardive syndromes, such as clozapine, quetiapine, and olanzapine. We review treatment options for tardive dystonia.
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- Frank Skidmore
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Suite N4W46, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Blayac JP, Pinzani V, Peyrière H, Hillaire-Buys D. Mouvements anormaux d’origine médicamenteuse : les syndromes tardifs. Therapie 2004; 59:113-9. [PMID: 15199677 DOI: 10.2515/therapie:2004022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Persistent drug-induced movement disorders (tardive syndromes) remain an important clinical problem and consist of a variety of involuntary movements appearing in a patient exposed to a dopamine-blocking agent. The current state of knowledge on this topic is summarised in this article. Clinical aspects (tardive dyskinesia, tardive dystonia and other forms), prevalence, risk factors, prevention and management are discussed.
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- Jean-Pierre Blayac
- Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Toxicologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France.
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Very early in the process of diagnosing abnormal involuntary movement (AIM) disorders, one can be rewarded by keeping a high index of suspicion for possible drug-induced causes, not only through a complete list of current medications, but also identification of the drugs the patient used to take and other possible offending medications that might be available from family members and other sources. Among drug-induced movement disorders, antipsychotic drugs and other dopamine receptor blocking agents occupy a central place. Their various acute and tardive motor complications provide the template of this short review. Movement disorders caused by antidepressants, lithium, antiemetics, antiparkinsonian agents, anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers, sympathomimetics and others are only briefly covered in table form.
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- Pierre J Blanchet
- Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universite de Montreal, Hôtel-Dieu du CHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada
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BACKGROUND Tardive syndromes are a group of delayed-onset abnormal involuntary movement disorders induced by a dopamine receptor blocking agent. There are several phenomenologically distinct types of TS. REVIEW SUMMARY The term tardive dyskinesia has been used to refer to the TS that presents with rapid, repetitive, stereotypic movements mostly involving the oral, buccal, and lingual areas. Tardive dystonia can be focal, segmental, or generalized. It commonly affects the face and neck followed by the arms and trunk. It usually results in retrocollis when it involves the neck and trunk arching backwards when it involves the trunk. Tardive akathisia is characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness and jitteriness with an inability to sit or stand still. Other tardive syndromes include tardive tics, myoclonus, tremor, and withdrawal-emergent syndrome. It remains unclear whether tardive parkinsonism truly exists. The only way to prevent TS is to avoid its etiologic agents. Chronic use of dopamine receptor blocking agents should be limited as much as possible to patients with chronic psychoses. In general, for mild TS, reducing the neuroleptic dose, switching to an atypical agent, or discontinuing antipsychotic treatment altogether in the hope of facilitating remission is recommended. For moderate to severe TS, tetrabenazine or reserpine may be the most effective agent. Neuroleptics should be resumed to treat TD in the absence of active psychosis only as a last resort for persistent, disabling, and treatment-resistant TD. CONCLUSIONS The severity of the TS and the absolute need for antipsychotic therapy often dictate the treatment approach for this disorder.
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- Hubert H Fernandez
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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Tardive tremor is a very uncommon neuroleptic-induced tardive syndrome which was initially described in five patients by Stacy and Jankovic (Stacy and Jankovic, Mov Disord 1992;7:53-57). Since then, there have been only three additional case reports attesting to the apparent rarity of this condition, although it is unknown whether other unreported cases have been observed. We describe a patient with persistent tardive tremor that was associated with tardive dyskinesia, who closely resembles previously reported cases.
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- Daniel Tarsy
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Tremor is classified according to anatomic distribution among body parts, and by frequency and amplitude during rest, postural maintenance, movement, intention, and the performance of specific tasks. Key historical features include age at onset, progression over time, family history, exacerbating and remitting factors and behaviors, response to alcohol and medications, and additional neurological signs and symptoms. Accurate diagnosis is a critical factor in predicting the natural history and response to treatment.
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- T A Zesiewicz
- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Tremors other than those associated with Parkinson's disease are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The differentiation of tremor subtypes depends primarily on the presence of distinct clinical characteristics and is facilitated by the use of consistent nomenclature. Such differentiation can be helpful in determining the etiology of the tremor and assist in its management. In this review, the authors outline recently proposed changes to classification and review the clinical features, differential diagnosis, and current therapy for nonparkinsonian tremors.
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- J D O'Sullivan
- The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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Ortı́-Pareja M, Jiménez-Jiménez F, Vázquez A, Catalán M, Zurdo M, Burguera J, Martı́nez-Martı́n P, Molina J. Drug-induced tardive syndromes. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 1999; 5:59-65. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(99)00015-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/1998] [Revised: 02/22/1999] [Accepted: 02/22/1999] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Garcı́a-Ruiz PJ, Javier Jiménez-Jiménez F, Garcı́a de Yébenes J. Calcium channel blocker-induced parkinsonism: clinical features and comparisons with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 1998; 4:211-4. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(98)00032-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/1998] [Revised: 09/30/1998] [Accepted: 09/30/1998] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deuschl G, Bain P, Brin M. Consensus statement of the Movement Disorder Society on Tremor. Ad Hoc Scientific Committee. Mov Disord 1998; 13 Suppl 3:2-23. [PMID: 9827589 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870131303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 873] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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This is a proposal of the Movement Disorder Society for a clinical classification of tremors. The classification is based on the distinction between rest, postural, simple kinetic, and intention tremor (tremor during target-directed movements). Additional data from a medical history and the results of a neurologic examination can be combined into one of the following clinical syndromes defined in this statement: enhanced physiologic tremor, classical essential tremor (ET), primary orthostatic tremor, task- and position-specific tremors, dystonic tremor, tremor in Parkinson's disease (PD), cerebellar tremor, Holmes' tremor, palatal tremor, drug-induced and toxic tremor, tremor in peripheral neuropathies, or psychogenic tremor. Conditions such as asterixis, epilepsia partialis continua, clonus, and rhythmic myoclonus can be misinterpreted as tremor. The features distinguishing these conditions from tremor are described. Controversial issues are outlined in a comment section for each item and thus reflect the open questions that at present cannot be answered on a scientific basis. We hope that this statement provides a basis for better communication among clinicians working in the field and stimulates tremor research.
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- G Deuschl
- Neurologische Klinik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
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Delecluse F, Elosegi JA, Gérard JM. A case of tardive tremor successfully treated with clozapine. Mov Disord 1998; 13:846-7. [PMID: 9756158 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- F Delecluse
- Department of Neurology, Hopital Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgium
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