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tardive dyskinesia

noun

Pathology.
  1. a disorder characterized by restlessness and involuntary rolling of the tongue or twitching of the face, trunk, or limbs, usually occurring as a complication of long-term therapy with antipsychotic drugs.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tardive dyskinesia1

First recorded in 1965–70
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She has Stage 4 breast cancer, and the anti-nausea medicine she takes to help with chemotherapy treatments gave her another condition, one affecting the nervous system — tardive dyskinesia.

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Chronic use of older-generation antipsychotics like Thorazine can lead to a syndrome called tardive dyskinesia, which manifests as tics that are similar to the symptoms of Tourette syndrome.

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This so-called ‘tardive dyskinesia’ is a rare side effect of risperidone, a medication approved for irritability and aggression in autism.

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He also said sales of Austedo, a new proprietary drug for movement disorders like Huntington disease and tardive dyskinesia, are continuing to grow.

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And I have tardive dyskinesia, poking my tongue out over and over again.

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