Adverse drug reaction of the month
Risperidone implicated in the onset of tardive dyskinesia in a
young woman
Shailesh Kumara, Darren M Maloneb
a Auckland School of
Medicine, New Zealand, b Lakeland
Health Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand
Correspondence to: Dr S Kumar, Lakeland Health Ltd, Private bag 3023, Rotorua, New Zealand (e-mail: shailesh.kumar{at}clear.net.nz)
Submitted 4 May 1999;
Accepted 8 October 1999
The aim of this case report is to highlight that risperidone
may cause and ameliorate tardive dyskinesia. A 16 year old white women
with a 12 month history of schizophrenia, developed buccolingual masticatory tardive dyskinesia after receiving risperidone 6 mg. She
had received small dosages of typical antipsychotics before and during
receiving risperidone for short periods. Recommencement of risperidone
with 2 mg and increasing to 6 mg resulted in improvement in tardive
dyskinesia and up until now she remains free of any abnormal
involuntary movements.
Keywords: tardive dyskinesia; risperidone; atypical antipsychotics
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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