EFFECTIVENESS OF VITAMIN-E FOR TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM TARDIVE-DYSKINESIA

Authors
DABIRI LM PASTA D DARBY JK MOSBACHER D
Citation
Lm. Dabiri et al., EFFECTIVENESS OF VITAMIN-E FOR TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM TARDIVE-DYSKINESIA, The American journal of psychiatry, 151(6), 1994, pp. 925-926
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002953X
Volume
151
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
925 - 926
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-953X(1994)151:6<925:EOVFTO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Eleven patients with tardive dyskinesia were treated in a double-blind study of vitamin E or placebo for 12 weeks. Abnormal Involuntary Move ment Scale (AIMS) ratings were performed before and after treatment. P atients receiving vitamin E showed a significant reduction in their AI MS scale score, but patients receiving Placebo showed no significant c hange. Vitamin E had a helpful effect evert for patients whose tardive dyskinesia was mild and long-term.