Posted by xjs7 on March 13, 2003, at 2:09:07
In reply to Zyprexa TD: Real Concern?, posted by Donny on March 12, 2003, at 12:02:25
Yes--everyone taking antipsychotics should be aware of the possibility that they might get tardive dyskinesia. I have read about this topic over the past couple years and I have seen doctors and studies that place the risk of TD on the newer medications at 0.2% to 7% per year on the drugs. I think the higher figure was on a study done on people who had used the older drugs in the past. So, there is a definite risk, but it is probably not very high. I believe it is also dose-related.
We will see more studies on this in the future--it will be informative to see what the real rates of TD of the new drugs is over more years of exposure. I suggest you be very careful with the APs, but if you think your problems are severe enough to warrant AP therapy, they probably are. I hope this helps.
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