Initial Results After Launch of Best Practice Advisory for Contraindicated Agents in Parkinson’s Disease and Related disorders
Objective: To describe factors associated with triggering a best practice advisory (BPA) for dopamine-blocking agents (DBA) and report preliminary outcomes in hospitalized persons with Parkinson’s…Rare Clinical Manifestation of Tardive Dyskinesia In Schizophrenic Patient on Quetiapine and Sertraline: A Case Report
Objective: To underscore the rarity of tardive dyskinesia manifestation in a schizophrenic patient, prescribed second-generation DRBA agents, quetiapine and SSRI sertraline. Background: Tardive dyskinesia is…Safety and Tolerability of Ecopipam in Tourette Syndrome (TS) with Psychiatric Comorbidities.
Objective: Evaluate the effect of ecopipam in children and adolescents with TS on measures of attention deficit disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders (ANX), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…Ecopipam does not adversely affect Metabolic Parameters in Pediatric Subjects with Tourette Syndrome: Results from a Phase 2b with 12-month Open Label Extension Study
Objective: Determine if ecopipam is associated with the emergence of clinical features suggestive of metabolic syndrome in pediatric subjects with Tourette Syndrome (TS) Background: Dopamine-2…Antipsychotic Prescriptions Among Nursing Home Residents with Parkinson’s Disease in the End-of-Life Period
Objective: To determine whether antipsychotic prescriptions differ between community-dwelling and nursing home residents with PD in the last 6 months of life. Background: Most antipsychotics…Examination of how DaTscan Impacts Diagnosis in Parkinsonian Patients with and without Dopamine Receptor Blocking Agent Exposure
Objective: To determine whether Dopamine transporter imaging impacts diagnosis in parkinsonian patients Background: Dopamine transporter imaging (DaTscan) is a diagnostic tool used to assess loss…Effect of Ecopipam, a Selective Dopamine-1 Receptor Antagonist, on Tic Characteristics as Assessed by the YGTSS: Results from a Phase IIb Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial in Tourette Syndrome
Objective: Assess the effect of ecopipam treatment on motor and phonic/vocal tic characteristics: number, frequency, intensity, complexity, and interference comprising the Yale Global Tic Severity…Tardive dystonia manifesting in lid-opening apraxia, oromandibular dystonia, and laterocollis after long-term sulpiride use
Objective: We describe a patient who developed tardive dystonia after sulpiride treatment for over two decades. Few cases have been reported[1-3], thus we offer an…Hemichorea syndrome secondary to diabetic striatopathy with contralateral drug-induced parkinsonism: a different threshold for drug induced movement disorders?
Objective: Localized structural damages could impair the threshold of activation and/or inhibition of the nigrostriatal pathway with a mirrored effect on the healthy and pathological…Effect of Best Practice Advisory on the administration of contraindicated medications to hospitalized patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
Objective: To determine if a best practice advisory (BPA) reduced the orders and administration of contraindicated dopamine blocking agents (DBA) to hospitalized patients with Parkinson’s…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.