In 2024, several research and pharmacological advancements were made for tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder caused by dopamine-blocking medications. Below are some of the highlights of the year.

The gold standard is the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, or the AIMS, although generally we kind of want to avoid premature TD labels, and we want to ensure that there's a causal link, in this ...

Tardive dyskinesia is a bothersome side effect of certain medications that can cause grimacing, jaw clenching, lip puckering, and other involuntary movements. This disorder may affect as many as ...

Tardive dyskinesia is a hyperkinetic movement disorder that causes faces to move involuntarily and abnormally. It is considered to be a drug-induced movement disorder. Movements often occur in the ...

Tardive dyskinesia shares features with other movement disorders, such as Tourette syndrome and drug-induced Parkinsonism. But a diagnostic evaluation can reveal which condition is causing the ...

Christoph U. Correll, MD, professor of psychiatry at The Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and professor and chair of the department of child and adolescent psychiatry at Charité ...

Combination NOAC therapy. Patients receiving treatment with antipsychotic agents would benefit from screening for tardive dyskinesia as these repetitive movements can negatively affect quality of life ...

SAN DIEGO, California – The novel vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor deutetrabenazine (Austedo, Teva) is effective, improves quality of life, and is relatively safe over the long ...

After 5 weeks of taking 300 mg of lithium daily, a 76-year-old woman with lurasidone-induced tardive dyskinesia from treatment for Bipolar II Disorder experienced reduced impact, intensity, and ...

Tardive dyskinesia and dystonia are both neurological disorders that can affect your muscles and cause involuntary muscle contractions. Tardive dyskinesia, which is usually a side effect of some ...

—A Q&A with Joseph P. McEvoy, MD, Case Distinguished Chair in Psychotic Disorders and Professor, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University Dr. McEvoy enjoys spending time with patients and does ...

Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that causes repetitive, involuntary movements in the face, neck, arms, and legs. The condition is a side effect of certain medications. Symptoms can improve ...