The benefits of antipsychotic medications are sometimes obscured by their adverse effects.
These effects range from relatively minor tolerability issues (eg, mild sedation or dry mouth) …

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening sideeffect
that can occur in response to treatment with antipsychotic drugs. Symptoms commonly …

Tardive dyskinesia (TD), characterized by oro-buccal-lingual stereotypy, can manifest in the
form of akathisia, dystonia, tics, tremor, chorea, or as a combination of different types of …

Background Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare, severe, idiosyncratic adverse
reaction to antipsychotics. Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) were originally …

Objectives To identify the clinical determinants of fever in clozapine users and their impact
on management of clozapine treatment. Methods Articles published in English or French …

Recent studies suggest a primary role of oxidative stress in an early phase of the
pathogenesis of schizophrenia and a strong neurobiological link has been found between …

Many pharmacological agents may induce a variety of movement disorders, including
dystonia, tremor, parkinsonism, myoclonus and dyskinesia, with an acute, subacute or more …

Many acute and potentially life-threatening medical conditions have hyperkinetic or
hypokinetic movement disorders as their hallmark. Here we review the clinical …

Objective To examine sex and age distributions in neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
patients based on a systematic literature review. Method EMBASE and PubMed databases …

Background “Neuroleptic malignant syndrome”(NMS) is a potentially fatal idiosyncratic
reaction to any medication which affects the central dopaminergic system. Between 0.5 …