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Dystonic Drug Reaction

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Movement disorder, due to medication



  • Involuntary contractions of muscles -- a medication side effect.  Commonly, it involves the eyes or neck muscles.  It may cause an involuntary twisting of the neck, thereby causing the patient difficulty in breathing or swallowing.
  • The involuntary twisting of the neck is commonly called a torticollis.
  • Spasm of the eye muscles may occur, causing abnormal eye movements (i.e., oculogyric crisis).

  • Involuntary muscle spasms, sometimes sustained for hours or days.  These muscle contractions may involve the neck, the swallowing muscles, the face, and other muscle groups, such as the back muscles.

  • Phenothiazines, such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) or thioridazine (Mellaril) may cause this side effect.
  • Many other psychoactive medications used for treatment of psychosis or Depression may cause this side effect.

  • Involuntary muscle spasms in a patient who is taking a medication known to produce this side effect

  • Use of psychoactive medication
  • Previous hypersensitivity to the same psychoactive medication

  • Discontinuance of the offending medication, and not re-instituting it
  • In children, reassurance, benadryl, or barbiturates have been used.
  • The physician may need to clear the airway and provide maintenance fluids

  • Upper airway compromise, or swallowing difficulty, may occur.

  • Physician evaluation is necessary.

  • Any neurological disease or metabolic disease known to cause sustained muscle contractions.




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