Lecithin Treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia: A Clinical Evaluation
Description:
Tardive dyskinesia is an insidious and debilitating extrapyramidal side effect of neuroleptic drug treatment. Recent research has suggested that lecithin has been effective in treating tardive dyskinesia. Lecithin's effects were evaluated under double-blind placebo controlled conditions. Treatment conditions included a placebo control group, a lecithin treatment group, and a no-treatment control group. Subjects in the lecithin group received 60 gms/day of lecithin (33 gms of phosphatidylcholine…
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Date:
December 1982
Creator:
Price, Lynn Ann Aikin
Partner:
UNT Libraries