News for July 28th, 2009

Reglan side effects leave young boy with serious movement disorder

reglan nameWhen Joey* was two months old, he was prescribed Reglan (known generically as metoclopramide) and took the medication for two years. When Joey turned 5, he began blinking his eyes uncontrollably. Less than two years later, he was still blinking uncontrollably but he also began jerking his head. “The doctors at first thought my son had Tourette’s syndrome,” says Joey’s mother on a post on iGuard about . “But now after knowing the side effects of they are starting to think he has permanent Tardive Dyskinesia.”

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