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Successful treatment with clonazepam for neuroleptic‐induced akathisia
Author(s) -
Horiguchi J.,
Nishimatsu O.,
Inami Y.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb01308.x
Subject(s) - akathisia , clonazepam , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , psychiatry , antipsychotic , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Twenty‐one patients with severe neuroleptic‐induced akathisia resistant to antiparkinsonian medications were treated with oral clonazepam in an open trial. All the patients reported subjective improvement. We suggest that elonazepam is effective in managing neuroleptic‐induced akathisia.