EPSs are serious, debilitating and stigmatizing adverse effects that frequently require additional pharmacotherapy. 3 The two types of EPSs are as follows: early acute EPS, which most often develops ...

Frontotemporal dementia patients with extrapyramidal symptoms have brainstem atrophy and reduced metabolism in certain areas of the brain significantly more often than patients without extrapyramidal ...

Caplyta (lumateperone) was approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in 2019 and for depressive episodes linked to bipolar I or bipolar II disorder (bipolar depression) in 2021. Caplyta can be used ...

Within the cohort, 3838 cases were identified and compared with 38,380 age-matched controls. The use of certain antidepressants may put patients at increased risk for extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs), ...

A 14-year-old girl who takes ziprasidone (Geodon) and topiramate (Topamax) has developed episodic bilateral hand and toe rubor accompanied by brief shiver (one or two at a time, not steadily as one ...