[Pharmacological Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia]

Brain Nerve. 2023 May;75(5):553-556. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416202377.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a serious, intractable, and potentially disabling side effect. Adjunctive drug treatment is used after optimizing the causative drugs. This article describes valbenazine, the first drug for treating TD that was recently approved in Japan, clonazepam, and vitamin E.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Tardive Dyskinesia* / drug therapy
  • Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins

Substances

  • Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins