EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE-EFFECTS OF VERALIPRID E - 5 CASES

Veralipride is a substitued benzamide which is used for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes. We report five cases with extrapyramidal di sorders associated to a treatment with this drug for which the neurole ptic activity resulting from an interaction with Dp receptors is not a lways known by prescribers. One case consisted of acute dyskinesias an d four of parkinsonian syndromes, one of these being associated with t ardive dyskinesia. In these four cases, dosing recommendations were no t respected.