Archives of Mental Health (Jan 2019)

Methylphenidate induced tongue movements

  • Bhogaraju Anand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/AMH.AMH_46_18
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 26 – 27

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In this paper, we report the case of 7-year-old female, diagnosed wih mild intellectual disability and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who developed tongue rolling movements following the use of methylphenidate treatment. The onset of tongue movements started 2½ h after starting methylphenidate and subsided in 3–4 h. Recurrence was noticed only when she was exposed to the medication. This case report highlights the importance of noticing orofacial dyskinesia with methylphenidate use and its discontinuation leading to subsidence of these movements.

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