Improvement of tardive dyskinesia with risperidone: a case report

J Med Assoc Thai. 2000 Nov;83(11):1430-2.

Abstract

This case report illustrates the improvement of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and psychotic symptoms in an elderly Thai female with chronic schizophrenia with a long history of conventional antipsychotic exposure following the treatment with risperidone 2 mg/day. TD disappeared in 9 months and continued to be in remission at her 5-month follow-up visit recently.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / complications
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Risperidone / therapeutic use*
  • Schizophrenia / complications
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Risperidone