Posted by Cam W. on July 3, 2000, at 21:27:06
In reply to Re: Question for Cam » Cam W., posted by Oddzilla on July 3, 2000, at 17:48:59
Oddzilla - The unmasking of TD was an observation of mine, but when I had mentioned it to the pdocs and pnurses they seemed to already know this. I don't know if it has been written up anywhere. "Masking of TD" was used by a couple of our docs and the couple that I talked to about it. They said that the switch to atypicals seem to bring out the TD. It could be that the anticholinergic was covering some of the tremors, I don't know.
No, the TD doesn't go away. Once you get it, you've got it. Clozaril does seem to help in some of the severe cases, but it does take about 6 months to notice any difference. Nitoman (tetrabenazine), a monoamine depleting agent which was made to help TD, doesn't seem to work that well. I have only seen Nitoman used in a couple of cases and it didn't really seem to help. - Cam
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