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Drugs stimulate Tardive Dyskinesia

Even though it is preventable, there are still hundreds of thousands of people who are afflicted by Tardive Dyskinesia, a very serious disorder. Many doctors instead of stopping the disorder, continue the treatments that cause the patients to develop it. In order to keep it from afflicting you or someone you love, you need to know exactly what TD is and what causes it.

This condition is largely unknown by the general population. After all, Tardive Dyskinesia has been kept as hushed up as possible, because it’s in the best interests of the big pharmaceutical companies to keep it that way. The fact that some of their best-selling drugs are causing this problem is a fact that they just don’t want the general public getting hold of. The government has regulations that they must disclose the information that TD could be one of the side effects. Even though doctors know about the side effects of these drugs, they still give them to their patients. It’s a bad situation that innocent people get caught in the middle of.

A drug which increases the sensitivity of brain towards dopamine causes Tardive Dyskinesia. The parts of the brain controlling movement are affected, leading to certain uncontrolled movements. TD often manifests itself in involuntary distortions of the facial features. The person with the disorder may make faces, have a protruding tongue, smack their lips repeatedly, or constantly seem to be sucking or chewing. Involuntary movements such as shaking and jerking can also affect the patient's limbs.

There are a lot of different medications that can result in this disorder in a patient. These neuroleptic drugs help treat psychoses and other gastrointestinal problems.

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There are also some non-neuroleptic drugs which can result in Tardive Dyskinesia. These contains generally used drugs in the treatment of depression, such as Prozac, Zoloft, Tofranil, and Elavil. .

If your doctor has prescribed any of these particular medications for your condition, then you need to double check that you are on the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible amount of time. If these drugs are used for a long time then it can lead to the onset of TD. The moment the individuals are afflicted with this disease, it stays with them as long as they are alive, in spite of their discontinuing the drug which triggered the onset of the diease, to start with. The problem may go away if it is stopped, but it also could aggravate the problem.
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