Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Case Report

A Case of Tardive Dyskinesia Occurring in the Early Stage of Low-Dose Quetiapine in a Major Depression Patient

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Department of Psychiatry, Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

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Department of Psychiatry, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanlıurfa, Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020; 30: 196-198
DOI: 10.5455/PCP.20200313060130
Read: 1206 Downloads: 305 Published: 19 January 2021

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic used not only in cases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder but also in the treatment of major depression. Given its pharmacological profile, extrapyramidal syndromes are rarely observed; therefore, it is often the drug of choice for patients developing extrapyramidal syndromes. It is also known to be frequently prescribed in clinical practice for treating primary and secondary insomnia. This report presents a case of tardive dyskinesia occurring in the presence of predisposing factors in an elderly patient with major depression whose insomnia was treated with low-dose quetiapine.

To cite this article: Cansiz A, Taymur F. A Case of Tardive Dyskinesia Occurring in the Early Stage of Low-Dose Quetiapine in a Major Depression Patient. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020;30(2):196-198

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