Sustained, often painful muscular spasms,producing twisted abnormal postures. This usually occur within few hours to few days. Reversible and self limiting.
Management
Reduce the dose or change to a atypical antypsychotic.
Emergency treatment with IM or IV anticholinergic (benzatropine)
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Acute dystonia, Extrapyramidal side effect of antypsychotic
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