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The pharmacologic treatment of neuroleptic-induced akathisia
W W Fleischhacker1, S D Roth, J M Kane
1Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, New York.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Akathisia is a frequent and distressing side effect of neuroleptic medications. The literature regarding the pharmacologic treatment of acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia is critically reviewed, including nine reports of the use of anticholinergic agents, 15 of the use of beta-blocking agents, and six of the use of benzodiazepines. Reports of trials on clonidine, amantadine, piracetam, and of a patient treated with amitriptyline are also discussed. Tentative recommendations for the management of acute akathisia are proposed.