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Treatment of Persistent Phenothiazine-induced Oral Dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter A. Roxburgh*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton 61, Alberta, Canada

Extract

Since the first description of persistent oral dyskinesia following phenothiazine treatment by Sigwald in 1956 a good deal of evidence has accumulated indicating the regular occurrence of this syndrome. However there is a disagreement over its incidence and the aetiological role played by phenothiazine drugs. Kline (1968) in a recent review found a total of 114 cases of ‘irreversible’ oral dyskinesia and concluded that the incidence had been misrepresented since less than two dozen of these recorded cases were previously non-brain damage.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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