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What Are The Possible Treatments For Askenesia?
I am taking benztropine to help tame my tardive askenesia. I feel very strange, my words aren t coming out correctly and my short term memory is off. I take 2 mg of abilify. My td isn t calming down until early afternoons. My eyes are very blurry and my hands shake occasionally. Is there anything I can do? Will I go through withdrawl if I stop taking the benztropine?
Tue, 29 May 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per the available literature I feel benztropine should be avoided in treatment of Tardive diskinesia. I agree that it helps transiently but it worsens the disease at core.
The available treatment options for TD is tetrabenazine and vitamin E.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per the available literature I feel benztropine should be avoided in treatment of Tardive diskinesia. I agree that it helps transiently but it worsens the disease at core.
The available treatment options for TD is tetrabenazine and vitamin E.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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