Posted by zeugma on November 26, 2005, at 15:39:49
In reply to Re: Experiences on Risperdal... Im afraid of TD » alexandra_k, posted by Tepiaca on November 26, 2005, at 15:20:11
I have read that TD is actually more prevalent in people with affective disorders who take AP's.
Clozapine is the only AP definitely not associated with TD risk.
While movement disorders of all kinds occur without AP use, including syndromes that resemble TD, this merely means that your chances of getting TD are greatly heightened by AP use (excluding clozapine and possibly a few others, most likely Seroquel and Abilify).
The reason AP's are in vogue so much these days is because a lot of them are still on patent. And by the time their true long term safety profiles are known, they will be off patent, which is convenient for the makers of such drugs.
-z
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