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AUSTEDO; Finally, a pharmaceutical that causes Parkinson's!! A drug for tardive-dyskinesia, dyskinesia caused by other drugs.

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"Other possible serious side effects include:"

"Parkinsonism. Symptoms include: slight shaking, body stiffness, trouble moving, trouble keeping your balance, or falls."

"AUSTEDO; for HUNTINGTON DISEASE Chorea in Adults

"Do not take AUSTEDO if you: have Huntington’s disease..."

austedo.com/huntingtons-cho...

I would like to meet the doctor who prescribes this drug for the dyskinesia caused another prescription.

Medications that can cause tardive dyskinesia include:

Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications.

Dopamine-receptor blockers (dopamine antagonists).

Lithium.

Malaria medications.

Neuroleptics (antipsychotic drugs or tranquilizers).

Anti-nausea medicines (antiemetics).

"Dopamine receptor-blocking medications (dopamine antagonists) are most likely to cause tardive dyskinesia. "

my.clevelandclinic.org/heal...

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chartist

Marc,

Older drugs used for Schizophrenia have caused TD. Melatonin has shown benefit for both as well as PD in studies.

Art

Marc, what led you to this? Curious about what you have percolating.

It reduces the amount of dopamine in the body but does it reduce the amount being produced?

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TV commercials promoting what I consider a questionable drug.

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Not finally! I’m sure mirtazapine and sertraline started it off with hubby, they certainly increased his anxiety (Sertraline) and apathy (mirtazapine).

Also procyclidine that he takes a tiny bit of now is used to lessen the pyramidal effects of other drugs supposedly. It is an anticholergenic drug

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Manypony

I’m suspect of every pharmaceutical I ever took

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bpoe

I know this is an old topic, did a search on Austedo......WHY?

Because my neuro just prescribed it (I was dx with parkinson's 3 years ago and take sinemet) He prescribed it for muscle 'jerk' I have in my left shoulder/neck, which I thought was a form of dyskinesia)

Was shocked to read it can cause parkinsonism...I'm flabbergasted...how is this even possible?

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Whenever I have been prescribed a pharmaceutical, my response is, "Thank you for the suggestion. I'll consider it." Then I go home a read everything published about the drug and if it is something I am willing to try, I call back and say, 'Go ahead and prescribe it.'

youtu.be/LdpfNnnAzKI

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bpoe

Thank you for your response and link

I do not take prescription drugs without investigating as well....I just couldn't help finding such a seemingly glaring contra-indication, iow, what am * *I** missing?

" Diagnose/Adios" apparently just got real

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Our knowledge of medicine doubles every few years, so if your doctor is over 40 and doesn’t keep up, medical school was in the dark ages 20 years ago.

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bpoe

Forgot to add, was given a month 'starter pack' not certain if he authorized prescription for it as of yet

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