Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (Jan 2015)

Acute dystonia induced by quetiapine: a case report

  • Sachin Ratan Gedam,
  • Santanu Ghosh

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 59 – 61

Abstract

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Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic which has been shown to have lower incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). In recent times, few case reports and case series have reported occurrence of akathisia, dystonia, and Parkinsonism with quetiapine; however, data are still sparse. To add to this literature, we report a case of 23 years old male who developed acute dystonia on quetiapine.

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