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The Effect of Sodium Valproate on Tardive Dyskinesia - Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. G. Fisk  and
S. M. York
G. G. Fisk*
Affiliation:
Mapperley Hospital, Prochester Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 6AA
S. M. York
Affiliation:
Mapperley Hospital, Prochester Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 6AA
*
∗St John's Hospital, London Road, Lincoln LN4 2HN
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Abstract

As a treatment for tardive dyskinesia, sodium valproate was tested in a double-blind placebo-controlled parallel group trial, with 6-week base-line observation period followed by 6 weeks of treatment. Sodium valproate was not found to be an effective treatment for either tardive dyskinesia or drug-induced Parkinsonism, and did not affect mental state or behaviour.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 4 , April 1987 , pp. 542 - 546
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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