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Drug‐induced Movement Disorders in Children
Author(s) -
Gilbert Donald L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1444.005
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , drug , medline , movement disorders , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , pharmacology , political science , disease , law
This article reviews the current state of knowledge of drug‐induced movement disorders (DIMDs) in children. The objective is to aid clinicians who treat children with medications that may induce DIMDs, as well as specialists consulted on DIMDs. As with adults, the most common agents are dopaminergic and dopamine‐blocking medications, and prescriptions for these agents have increased markedly in children. Unfortunately, most evidence‐based reviews, including those from the Cochrane Collaboration cited here, have few systematic data to analyze. Many publications are small case series. This report attempts to provide useful information, with appropriate caution and discussion of the limitations of what we know.