Open AccessTardive Meige′s syndrome associated with olanzapine
Author(s) -
Ashish Aggarwal,
Manish Jain,
Ashish Khandelwal,
RC Jiloha
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.82808
Subject(s) - olanzapine , medicine , blepharospasm , dystonia , dermatology , pediatrics , psychiatry , psychotherapist , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology
Meige's syndrome is characterized by blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. It has been reported as a complication of typical antipsychotics. To the best of our knowledge, case of olanzapine-induced tardive Meige's syndrome has not been reported in the literature. We we are reporting report a case of Meige's syndrome developing after long term therapy with olanzapine.