Drugs that block dopamine receptors can cause tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder. — Whalespan
Drugs that block dopamine receptors can cause tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“One of the treatments for schizophrenia are drugs that block dopamine receptors. And if you have the it's unfortunate, there are so many people that are out on the street these days who have schizophrenia, some of whom are taking their meds, some of who, whom aren't if you ever see somebody on the street that's doing what's it's like a lip smacking and writhing it's actually called tardive dyskinesia.”
“D2 receptors are present in all four of the dopaminergic pathways in the brain. And oftentimes, those drugs will in fact suppress psychotic symptoms, auditory hallucinations, et cetera, because they reduce dopamine. But those people oftentimes will have problems with movement. They will express what's called in the clinical literature tardive dyskinesia. Writhing of the face and the body from suppression of dopamine within the nigrostriatal pathway, which is associated with movement.”