Quetiapine-induced improvement of tardive dyskinesia in three patients with schizophrenia

ALPTEKİN K., Kivircik B. B.

INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, no.5, pp.263-264, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/00004850-200209000-00006
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.263-264
  • Keywords: clozapine, quetiapine, schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia, OLANZAPINE, PSYCHOSIS, CLOZAPINE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

There are very rare cases indicating the effectiveness of the atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia except clozapine. We report three patients with schizophrenia who demonstrated improvement of tardive dyskinesia following treatment with quetiapine; two of them were unable to use clozapine because of intolerable side-effects.