Case Report

Tardive dyskinesia on clozapine: A case report

Laila Asmal
South African Journal of Psychiatry | Vol 15, No 1 | a169 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v15i1.169 | © 2009 Laila Asmal | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 20 January 2009 | Published: 01 March 2009

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Laila Asmal, University of Stellenbosch

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Abstract

Antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia is a potentially irremediable and debilitating condition with the onset most commonly associated with the use of first-generation antipsychotics. The development of tardive dyskinesia on clozapine, a second-generation antipsychotic, is uncommon, and the drug is therefore a treatment option for those patients who develop the syndrome following treatment with first- generation agents. I report on the case of a 27-year-old man who developed severe tardive dyskinesia following initiation of clozapine treatment. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first case of tardive dyskinesia associated with clozapine use reported in South Africa.

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clozapine, tardive dyskinesia, antipsychotics

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