Improvement of extrapyramidal symptoms and sexual side effects are also seen in patients.

Other common causes of extrapyramidal symptoms include encephalitis and meningitis.

It is also used in the management of drug-induced parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal symptoms.

Extrapyramidal symptoms are also usually present in patients with neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

Potential side effects include extrapyramidal symptoms, including tremor, muscle stiffness, and restlessness.

Clinical studies have also shown that some patients treated with iloperidone show reduced extrapyramidal symptoms and weight gain.

Extrapyramidal symptoms may subside somewhat after a person switches from another antipsychotic to clozapine.

Ropinirole is prescribed for mainly Parkinson's disease, restless leg syndrome, and extrapyramidal symptoms.

Breastfed children sometimes show extrapyramidal symptoms.

Both have the potential to cause drowsiness and extrapyramidal symptoms, particularly in young women [ 55 ] .

Among the commonly reported adverse events were restlessness, extrapyramidal symptoms (movement disorders), rapid heart beat and sleepiness.

However, in PCH type 3, extrapyramidal symptoms (dyskinesia) are absent.

Bromopride may rarely cause extrapyramidal symptoms and, as with metoclopramide, may increase prolactin levels.

Extrapyramidal symptoms are distinct presentations of Japanese Encephalitis.

A small Spanish study found that more adverse reactions are reported with clebopride than with metoclopramide, particularly extrapyramidal symptoms.

Benzatropine is also a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, which makes it useful for people with extrapyramidal symptoms who take antipsychotics.

These clinical reports suggest that YKS has an antipsychotic like effect without causing extrapyramidal symptoms.

Extrapyramidal symptoms, including:

In general, tiapride is considered an atypical antipsychotic because of its low risk for extrapyramidal symptoms, such as akinesia and akathesia.

More than one in ten people taking Amisulpride experience extrapyramidal symptoms, including tremor, rigidity, hypokinesia, hypersalivation, akathisia and dyskinesia.

Zuclopenthixol is thought to be more sedating than the related flupentixol, though possibly less likely to induce extrapyramidal symptoms than other typical depots.

Amantadine is also used to treat Parkinson's disease, as well as side effects caused by drugs (e.g., drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms), chemicals, other medical conditions.

A short term 6 week trial failed to find statistically significant correlation between HPP+, RHPP+ and extrapyramidal symptoms.

Relative to many other antipsychotics, blonanserin has an improved tolerability profile, lacking side effects such as extrapyramidal symptoms, excessive sedation, or hypotension.

Studies are yet to be undertaken on the optimum dosage of the causative drugs to reduce their side effects (extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)).

Haloperidol is noted for its strong early and late extrapyramidal side effects.

The frequency of extrapyramidal side effects is quite high.

Early and late extrapyramidal side effects are seen only infrequently (less than 1% altogether).

While atypicals have fewer extrapyramidal side effects these differences are modest.

Compared to typicals there is less extrapyramidal side effects but higher rates of dizziness.

The drug is also commonly used to treat extrapyramidal side effects occurring during antipsychotic treatment.

Children and adolescents are particularly sensitive to the early and late extrapyramidal side effects of haloperidol.

Management of extrapyramidal side effects induced by neuroleptics.

Thus if used it is often in combination with an additional mood stabilizer, usage however increases the risk of extrapyramidal side effects.

The extrapyramidal side effects can be treated with agents such as benztropine in doses of 1 to 2 mg once or twice a day.

It has been suggested as having potential therapeutic application in the treatment of extrapyramidal side effects produced by some antipsychotic medications.

The anti-worm drug (antihelminthic) piperazine may intensify extrapyramidal side effects.

Risperidone is an atypical antipsychotic with fewer extrapyramidal side effects than haloperidol.

No patients experienced extrapyramidal side effects, but 30% experienced sedation, which was usually not severe enough to discontinue treatment.

Additionally, the newborns of treated women should be monitored, because isolated cases of extrapyramidal side effects have been reported.

It has predominantly anticholinergic side effects, though extrapyramidal side effects are not uncommon either.

It is chemically related to chlorpromazine, but has negligible antipsychotic activity and produces few extrapyramidal side effects.

While quetiapine has lower rates of extrapyramidal side effects there is greater sleepiness and rates of dry mouth.

The effect of vitamin E addition to acute neuroleptic treatment on the emergence of extrapyramidal side effects in schizophrenic patients: an open label study.

As with other dopamine antagonists pimozide can cause various extrapyramidal side effects, including tardive dyskinesia and Rabbit syndrome.

Sulpiride has fewer extrapyramidal side effects (dystonia, parkinsonism, and akathisia) than many of the older antipsychotic medications.

Notable side effects include akathisia, extrapyramidal side effects, including tardive dyskinesia and Rabbit syndrome.

In light of this the positive effects of olanzapine appear equivalent to typical antipsychotics with less extrapyramidal side effects but greater weight gain.

Risperidone may induce extrapyramidal side effects, akathisia and tremors, associated with diminished dopaminergic activity in the striatum.

SSRI can rarely cause extrapyramidal side effects including akathisia through the indirect inhibition of dopamine.